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Revision: 4913
at January 28, 2008 17:04 by rengber
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private string GetUserName()
    {
        string retVal = string.Empty;
        //Pull the username out of the domain\user string.  
        retVal = Page.User.Identity.Name.Split('\\')[1]; 
        
        DirectoryEntry userEntry = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" + userName +",User");
        retVal = (string)userEntry.Properties["fullname"].Value;
        return retVal; 
    }
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Typically won't work if the ASP.Net service identity (in the machine.config ProcessModel section) is a local account.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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security, aspnet

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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C#