CurrentContext with forms auth

[Smokey Grindle]

I am using forms authentication with a custom user database... I was
wondering, when logging in using forms auth, does the
HttpContext.Current.User return the forms logged in user or the AD user that
is running the web process in that situation? I am assumeing the forms
logged in user

 

[Guest]

Forms user that was authenticated from your custom database, unless you are
doing Forms Auth against the Active Directory store.

Peter

 

[Smokey Grindle]

nope, no ad, just against our custom user database.. so I can assume the
context will always be the forms logged in user, as long as there is no
impersination?

 

[bruce barker]

asp.net separated the authenticated user and the thread identity.
Current.User is the user name from authentication, and does not need to
match the request Identity.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)