What is the best way to identify logged user?

Question

I was looking for the efficient way to track the logged users when using asp.net login control

        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            if (Membership.GetUser() != null)
            {
                var user = Membership.GetUser();
                Session["user"] = user;
            }
            else
            {
                Session["user"] = "";
            }
        }

Any suggestions will be appreciated

AndrewC · Answer 1 · 2011-09-22T11:01:43.270

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You can get the user identity (if you're using asp.net forms membership) through:

HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name

edited Sep 22 '11 at 11:01

answered Sep 22 '11 at 10:52

AndrewC

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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why all this pain and why do you try to save it in the Session (which is user specific and not application specific), when you can simply get it from this object:

HttpContext.Current.User

check this one for details: How to get current user who's accessing an ASP.NET application?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Sep 22 '11 at 10:53

Davide Piras

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 22 '11 at 11:03

On logging in, if the user is valid, use:

FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(login.UserName, false);

rather than relying on Session to store user logged in state.

You can then check if a user is logged in by:

User.Identity.IsAuthenticated

And get their username doing:

User.Identity.Name

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 02 '12 at 09:34

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You can use User.Identity.Name

Please have a look at HttpContext.User Property

answered May 02 '12 at 09:34

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 22 '11 at 10:53

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You can just simply use

User.Identity.Name

answered Sep 22 '11 at 10:53

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What is the best way to identify logged user?

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