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Windows Authentication not working on server

I'm developing a website in ASP.NET and C#.

I've created the website so when a user goes to the site, his windows client username is read out with: 

System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.ToString();

and then I lookup his username in the db and create a user object with all necessary data (team, name, permission level, role, ...) from the return data. Then I keep this object in a session var until the user logs out.

This was working like a charm locally but now that I've deployed to the server I get defaultAppPool for every user.

What am I doing wrong?

In my web.config file I have:

authentication mode="Windows"

I have to admit this is the first time that I'm doing the deploying myself and everything went smoothly except for this.

Solution

  • As you've discovered, System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent() gives you the identity of the application pool.

    You should be using HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.