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HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name is always string.Empty

FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(tbUsername.Text, true); bool x = User.Identity.IsAuthenticated; //true string y = User.Identity.Name; //”” The problem you have is at this point you’re only setting the authentication cookie, the IPrincipal that gets created inside the forms authentication module will not happen until there is a new request – so at that point the HttpContext.User is in a … Read more

ASP.NET MVC – Set custom IIdentity or IPrincipal

Here’s how I do it. I decided to use IPrincipal instead of IIdentity because it means I don’t have to implement both IIdentity and IPrincipal. Create the interface interface ICustomPrincipal : IPrincipal { int Id { get; set; } string FirstName { get; set; } string LastName { get; set; } } CustomPrincipal public class … Read more