How to set/get HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name

I created application with Ajax and Odata Services to get/insert/update the data from database.

What i want to check How to set/get HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name while login.

Becoz for checking/compare purpose from client side i want to check with the Odata Services.

Public Function OnQueryOrders() As Expression(Of Func(Of CustomersCall, Boolean))
Return Function(c) c.CreatedBy = HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name
//c.CreatedBy from DataService to compare with Current user login from client
End Function

Please help on this.

Thanks
Basit.

Short Answer:

// // Swapped FormsIdentity principal with our own custom IPrincipal // HttpContext.Current.User = yourPrincipalFromSomewhere;  //see //http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SystemThreadingThreadCurrentPrincipalVsSystemWebHttpContextCurrentUserOrWhyFormsAuthenticationCanBeSubtle.aspx  // // Sync Context Principal with Thread Principal // System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User;

So on the login, my team would put the IPrincipal (our custom one) here:

HttpContext.Current.Cache.Insert

And then on in the

 protected void Application_AuthenticateRequest(object sender, EventArgs e) { }

we would grab it from the :

HttpContext.Current.Cache

and then reattach it to the :

// Swapped FormsIdentity principal with our own IPrincipal // HttpContext.Current.User = cachedPrincipal; //see //http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SystemThreadingThreadCurrentPrincipalVsSystemWebHttpContextCurrentUserOrWhyFormsAuthenticationCanBeSubtle.aspx // // Sync Context Principal with Thread Principal // System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User;

Am I saying "do it exactly like my team did"? Not necessarily. But I'm showing you the 2 places we came across to attach it.

And the hanselman link, which shows some info about it.

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SystemThreadingThreadCurrentPrincipalVsSystemWebHttpContextCurrentUserOrWhyFormsAuthenticationCanBeSubtle.aspx