Forms Authentication - Storing and Retrieving User Names

Question

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?

Answer 1

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:

Page.User.Identity.Name

Answer 2

Try

Page.User.Identity.Name

or

HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name