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Rasmus Beuchert 14 posts 35 karma points

Jul 21, 2010 @ 12:04
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Getting Active Directory User without logging in
Hi,

I am developing an intranet site that needs to get access to the active directory username of the user browsing the site. I don't want people to login, I just want to be able to extract their username.

I have made this XSLT-extension to get the username, but it just gives me the the user: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK_SERVICE
```
        public static string GetLoggedInUser()
        {
            WindowsIdentity currentIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
            if (currentIdentity != null)
            {
                return String.Format("Authenticated: {0}<br />Username: {1}", currentIdentity.IsAuthenticated, currentIdentity.Name);
            }

            return String.Empty;
        }
```
I have tried several attempts configuring the web.config to use <authentication mode="Windows"> and <identity impersonate="true"/> but nothing seems to work.

Has anyone got an idea of how to acheive my needs?

Rasmus
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Ismail Mayat 4511 posts 10091 karma points MVP 2x admin c-trib

Jul 21, 2010 @ 12:16

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Rasmus

http://our.umbraco.org/search?q=ldap&content=wiki,forumTopics,forumCategory,project,

couple of good posts there

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Rasmus Beuchert 14 posts 35 karma points

Jul 21, 2010 @ 12:24

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Ismail

Of course I have searched the forum for answers, and I have read all these threads.

But my Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_USER"] does not contain anything.

I have tried disabling anonymous authentication in IIS, but then I get an access denied page.

I have googled a lot about the configuration of IIS to allow this impersonation, but nothing have worked.

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Rasmus Beuchert 14 posts 35 karma points

Jul 21, 2010 @ 14:48

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Well, I finally got something working. It was an IIS module for managing Windows Authentication that wasn't installed :)

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Simon steed 376 posts 688 karma points

Mar 08, 2011 @ 15:51

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Hi,

I'll be doing something similar shortly - what was the module just in case I get the same issue?

Si

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Rasmus Beuchert 14 posts 35 karma points

Mar 08, 2011 @ 15:56

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Hi,

The module is just called "Windows Authentication" and must be installed from "Windows Features".

Control Panel\Programs\Turn Windows Features on or off

Go to Internet Information Services\World Wide Web Services\Security\Windows Authentication

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