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Using Forms Authentication, I am storing a cookie for each user if they mark Remember Me during login, using the following piece of code in the Login1_LoggedIn event.
if (rememberMe.Checked) FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(Login1.UserName, true);
When the user arrives on my page with a cookie, I need to get his/her user name so I can check their roles. Does the Forms Authentication cookie store this information, and how can I retrieve it?
The string you parse to SetAuthCookie (Login1.UserName in your case) will be stored in the IPrincipal when the user accesses a page. You can access it using: