Question

Exactly as per the title.

Simply in my HomeController I have:

string Username = User.Identity.Name;

Why is this value always blank?

Is there something special I have to place in the web.config to get this value to come through. I’ve tried on both the VS dev web server as well as on a windows server 2003 IIS server.

It’s got to be something simple, a server setting in IIS or something as the code is so simple and seems to be the correct way to reference this value.

Thx a lot

Answer 1

Sure is mate. You need to authenticate with the website. That’s the name used for authentication.

You are authenticating, right?

It’s not a setting, etc.

Click the LOG IN link, if you’re using the stock standard ASP.NET MVC template (if my memory serves me right).

UPDATE (as the posted has added more info/comments)

So what you’re after is Windows Authentication. A quick google search came up with this post. It’s pretty helpful (though a bit old, but still relevant) .. check that out.

Found a better post with MVC code for Windows Authentication. Check that out instead.

Config setting that is important, is…

...
 <system.web>
  ...
  <authentication mode="Windows"/>
  ...
 </system.web>
 ...