Extending claims identity in MVC5 application

Question

My mvc5 application uses aspnet.identity authentication. Owin middleware is configured to use application cookies. All i want to achieve is to show user full name instead of the login in the LoginPartial view.

@Html.ActionLink("Hello, " + User.Identity.GetUserName() + "!", "Manage", "Account", routeValues: null, htmlAttributes: new { title = "Manage" })

I guess i need to customize my identity during creating it with user manager. Am I right?

    private async Task SignInAsync(ApplicationUser user, bool isPersistent)
    {
        var identity = await userManager.CreateIdentityAsync(user, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);

        AuthenticationManager.SignIn(new AuthenticationProperties() { IsPersistent = isPersistent }, identity);
    }

I know I can store it in the session but what is the right way to store additional information?

My answer here is a short guide on adding claims to the identity token. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27683169/identity-2-0-creating-custom-claimsidentity-eg-user-identity-getuserbyidint/27694574#27694574 — jamesSampica, Apr 09 '15 at 03:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '13 at 15:38

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You can use claims to store the user's full name. Here is an article on how to add and retrieve custom claims using ASP.NET Identity.

answered Dec 12 '13 at 15:38

Kevin Junghans

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