[RESOLVED] [2005] windows authentication

ok i've done a search and found somethings here posted by robdog, woka, and mendhak and links to how to get information with the DirectoryServices, but this didn't really help me out. Since i'm not using a form for login it's all based on when the user opens a specific link to this intranet app. this is what i have in my web.config file

Code:

---

                <authentication mode="Windows"/>
                <authorization>
                        <allow users="MyDomain\dklingman, MyDomain\jwagner"/>
                        <deny users="*"/>
                </authorization>

---

my question is how could i or would i know how is logged in... i mean i realize i know that i'm logged in but in order to pass that information to the DirectoryServices and get the fullname information back?

also i have an admin page that i want to be able to allow the admin to add new users to the config file how can i get my app to add, edit and delete users from the allow users?

Use User.Identity.Name to get the user name. That is the person who is currently logged in, provided you're using windows authentication.

You can then use that to query active directory as you've seen in the examples.

For Q2, you can't edit the web.config file using the .NET framework's own methods, but you can write your own class that will parse and edit the web.config file (it is after all an XML file)

excellent mendhak... thank you as always... you're always a life saver

Is that User.Identity.Name only for Windows Authentication or also for Forms Authentication?

should be for both??? i think

You think right.