Question

I was trying to set a session in mvc to store the current user that visited the site. For example:

A user visits the site.
It gets recorded to the database as a login.
When the user closes his browser. The session is over.

With Windows Authentication I can get the user name with this
User.Identity.Name

In the _layout I was hoping I could do this:

@{
    var Data = HttpContext.Current.Session["UserSession"];
    Data["UserSession"] = User.Identity.Name; 
}

But I cant. What is the proper syntax to set up a session variable and assing it a value of my user’s identity.

Answer 1

HttpContext.Current.Session["MySessionVariable"] = User.Identity.Name;

If thats not what you need then i need more clarification on what your asking