how would I know if a user is logged on?

[MrPolite]

I'm usign forms authentication. I have a login page which uses this line to set a cookie and redirect:

FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(username, False)

I have a single page in my project that is public to every user, whether they are logged in or not. I'm wondering how I can determine if the user that's viewing that public page is logged in or not.

[PT Exorcist]

sorry if i am saying BS but maybe by reading the cookies? if the cookie is not null then he is logged, otherwise he is not

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by PT Exorcist
sorry if i am saying BS but maybe by reading the cookies? if the cookie is not null then he is logged, otherwise he is not

naah you're not saying bs! hehe

Umm I thought of that... but the cookie isnt null even if the user has logged out (I dont know anything about how this cookie business works anyways )

anyone can tell me how though? I thought it's really easy

[DevGrp]

Once the user is authenticated, you can access there user name from Context.User.Identity.Name from any code behind page.

So you can check like this

if(Context.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
     Response.Write("User logged in");
}

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by DevGrp
Once the user is authenticated, you can access there user name from Context.User.Identity.Name from any code behind page.

So you can check like this

if(Context.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
     Response.Write("User logged in");
}

yay it's workin! thanks