WindowsAuthenticationEventArgs.User Property
Gets or sets the IPrincipal object to be associated with the current request.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Security.Principal.IPrincipalThe 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.
- SecurityPermission
for setting the User property. Demand value: Demand.
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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