HttpContext::User Property
Updated: May 2010
Gets or sets security information for the current HTTP request.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
public: property IPrincipal^ User { IPrincipal^ get (); void set (IPrincipal^ value); }
Property Value
Type: System.Security.Principal::IPrincipalSecurity information for the current HTTP request.
Setting the User property requires the ControlPrincipal flag to be set. For more information about the ControlPrincipal flag, see SecurityPermissionFlag.
The User property provides programmatic access to the properties and methods of the IPrincipal interface. Because ASP.NET pages contain a default reference to the System.Web namespace (which contains the HttpContext class), you can reference the members of HttpContext on an .aspx page without using the fully qualified class reference to HttpContext. For example, you can use User.Identity.Name to get the name of the user on whose behalf the current process is running. However, if you want to use the members of IPrincipal from an ASP.NET code-behind module, you must include a reference to the System.Web namespace in the module and a fully qualified reference to both the currently active request/response context and the class in System.Web that you want to use. For example, in a code-behind page you must specify the fully qualified name HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name.
| Topic | Location |
|---|---|
| How to: Implement Passport Authentication in ASP.NET Applications | Building ASP .NET Web Applications |
- SecurityPermission
for setting the User property. Demand value: Demand. Permission value: ControlPrincipal
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
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