ASP.NET Controller Base Class User.Identity.Name

Question

As described in this post, I created an abstract base controller class in order to be able to pass data from a controller to master.page. In this case, I want to lookup a user in my db, querying for User.Identity.Name (only if he is logged in).

However, I noticed that in this abstract base class the User property is always null. What do I have to do to get this working?

Thanks a lot

What kind of user? A domain user? Forms authentication? How have you configured authentication in your site web.config? More detail would be very helpful in getting you a good answer. — Craig Stuntz, Jan 08 '09 at 21:50
You're right Craig - I've added another answer which provides more detail to my problem. Thanks for bothering. — Masterfu, Jan 09 '09 at 19:11

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '09 at 15:55

As Paco suggested, the viewdata isn't initialized till after you are trying to use it.

Try overriding Controller.Initialize() instead:

public abstract class ApplicationController : Controller
{
    private IUserRepository _repUser;

    public ApplicationController()
    {
    }

    protected override void Initialize(System.Web.Routing.RequestContext requestContext)
    {
        base.Initialize(requestContext);

        _repUser = RepositoryFactory.getUserRepository();
        var loggedInUser = _repUser.FindById(User.Identity.Name);
        ViewData["LoggedInUser"] = loggedInUser;
    }
}

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 28 '14 at 22:21

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To use the user, you should get the current page from

HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name

edited Mar 28 '14 at 22:21

p.campbell

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answered Jan 08 '09 at 22:31

Adam Right

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System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name works (MVC 4) – Scott Anderson Nov 24 '12 at 21:08

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 30 '09 at 16:55

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By setting authentication to Windows in web.config, you can get the user with User.Identity.Name

answered Apr 30 '09 at 16:55

Danny

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 12 '09 at 15:42

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I use Page class on my static Utlilites classes. Like that;

Page P = (Page)HttpContext.Current.Handler;

and i can get all properties via the P object for the current requested page..

answered Jan 12 '09 at 15:42

Adam Right

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 12 '09 at 20:16

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Have you tried this: ControllerContext.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name?

answered Jan 12 '09 at 20:16

ASP.NET Controller Base Class User.Identity.Name

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