WindowsAuthenticationEventArgs.User Property

Gets or sets the IPrincipal object to be associated with the current request.

Namespace: System.Web.Security
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

'Declaration
Public Property User As IPrincipal
'Usage
Dim instance As WindowsAuthenticationEventArgs
Dim value As IPrincipal

value = instance.User

instance.User = value
/** @property */
public IPrincipal get_User ()

/** @property */
public void set_User (IPrincipal value)

public function get User () : IPrincipal

public function set User (value : IPrincipal)

Not applicable.

Property Value

The IPrincipal object to be associated with the current request.

You can use the User property to set the User property of the current HttpContext to a custom IPrincipal object.

If you do not specify a value for the User property during the WindowsAuthentication_OnAuthenticate event, the Windows identity supplied by IIS is used as the identity for the current request. If IIS uses anonymous authentication, then 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.

Public Sub WindowsAuthentication_OnAuthenticate(sender As Object, args As WindowsAuthenticationEventArgs)
  If Not args.Identity.IsAnonymous Then
    args.User = New Samples.AspNet.Security.MyPrincipal(args.Identity)
  End If
End Sub

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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