Getting current windows user and groups

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hey,
i'm trying to get the current windows user and the groups they are in.
Intergrated windows auth on and annoymous access turned off on IIS.

However when trying to compile the following code VS.net doesn't like
the User.IsInRole("domain"); With the error "type or namspace for User
not found".
I can't work out which reference i'm missing!

Basically the idea is to create a auth component that is called for
any authentication/authorization purposes.

Thanks for any help,



using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Collections;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Security.Principal;

//Upon creation of this object set all varables to the current user
CurrentUser = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name;
isWinAuth = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().IsAuthenticated;

//check if the user is in any of these groups
//not the best, but usable

if (User.IsInRole("blah")) UserGroups.Add("blah");
if (User.IsInRole("blah")) UserGroups.Add("blah");
if (User.IsInRole("blah")) UserGroups.Add("blah");
 
Nope, System.Security still causes the same errors.

Is there another way to get/check which windows groups the user is in?

thanks
 
Not sure if this is related to your problem, but I do know that in
some situation, the WindowsIdentity object will return a blank name.
To resolve this, you can change the authorization section in
Web.Config as follow:

<authorization>
<deny users="?" /> <!-- Allow all users -->
<allow users="*" />
<!-- <allow users="[comma separated list of users]"
roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
<deny users="[comma separated list of users]"
roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
-->
</authorization>

See if this helps your situation.

Tommy,
 
Nah it just won't even compile, let alone return a blank user. I think
User.Identity.Name; WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name; must have to be
called from the direct page and not from a component or something.
thanks tho,

Not sure if this is related to your problem, but I do know that in
some situation, the WindowsIdentity object will return a blank name.
To resolve this, you can change the authorization section in
Web.Config as follow:

<authorization>
<deny users="?" /> <!-- Allow all users -->
<allow users="*" />
<!-- <allow users="[comma separated list of users]"
roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
<deny users="[comma separated list of users]"
roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
-->
</authorization>

See if this helps your situation.

Tommy,

hey,
i'm trying to get the current windows user and the groups they are in.
Intergrated windows auth on and annoymous access turned off on IIS.

However when trying to compile the following code VS.net doesn't like
the User.IsInRole("domain"); With the error "type or namspace for User
not found".
I can't work out which reference i'm missing!

Basically the idea is to create a auth component that is called for
any authentication/authorization purposes.

Thanks for any help,



using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Collections;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Security.Principal;

//Upon creation of this object set all varables to the current user
CurrentUser = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name;
isWinAuth = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().IsAuthenticated;

//check if the user is in any of these groups
//not the best, but usable

if (User.IsInRole("blah")) UserGroups.Add("blah");
if (User.IsInRole("blah")) UserGroups.Add("blah");
if (User.IsInRole("blah")) UserGroups.Add("blah");
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