WindowsAuthenticationEventArgs::Identity Property
Gets the Windows identity passed to the WindowsAuthenticationEventArgs constructor.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Security.Principal::WindowsIdentityThe Windows identity passed to the WindowsAuthenticationEventArgs constructor.
The WindowsAuthenticationModule constructs a WindowsAuthenticationEventArgs object using the Windows identity supplied by IIS and the current HttpContext and passes it to the WindowsAuthentication_OnAuthenticate event.
If IIS uses anonymous authentication, the Identity property is set to the identity returned by the GetAnonymous method.
The following code example uses the WindowsAuthentication_OnAuthenticate event to set the User property of the current HttpContext to a custom IPrincipal object.
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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