[VB2005] Getting Windows account name using Windows Authentication

Anyone know how to get the name on the windows account using windows auth such as "Joe Smith"?

Try Request.LogonUserIdentity.Name

Thank you but no luck. It gives me "DOMAIN\username".

I would imagine if Windows can authenticate you then you should be able to obtain other account attributes.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Yes, if you query Active Directory directly: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...tive+directory

How can I query the active directory without specifing a password? I am using Windows Authentication therefore the user is not typing in their logon info.

Change the query to search for the authenticated user, e.g. "(&(objecttype=person)(sAMAccountName=foo)", then use a "system" account to execute the query.

Can you provide a more detailed example? I am not following. Thanks.

I understand the search query, but what do you mean by a "system account to execute"?

Can you provide an example?

Make sure that Anonymous User are not allowed. In the Web Config, set

VB Code:

<authorization>
  <deny users="?"/> ' "?" means anonymous user
</authorization>

Also check in IIS that Integrated Windows Authentication box is checked.

and in your code behind:

VB Code:

System.Security.Principal.IPrincipal user;
user = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User;
string name = user.Identity.Name;
'Display name

Thanks but it gives me the 'username'. I need the account name or common name such as 'John Doe'.

Does anyone know how to obtain this without using LDAP?