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rengber on 01/28/08


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ASP.Net Code to Get an Active Directory User Name from the Integrated Authentication Principal Name

Published in: C# 

Typically won't work if the ASP.Net service identity (in the machine.config ProcessModel section) is a local account.


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  1. private string GetUserName()
  2.     {
  3.         string retVal = string.Empty;
  4.         //Pull the username out of the domain\user string.  
  5.         retVal = Page.User.Identity.Name.Split('\\')[1]; 
  6.  
  7.         DirectoryEntry userEntry = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" + userName +",User");
  8.         retVal = (string)userEntry.Properties["fullname"].Value;
  9.         return retVal; 
  10.     }

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