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.NET Forum / ASP.NET / Web Services / March 2008WCF - Client Credentials (Username/Password) - ASP.NET Membership
I am using the ASP.NET Membership provider for username/password authentication with my WCF service, and this authentication process is working fine, however I am unable to obtain the authenticated username within my WCF service. I need to know the username for database accessing purposes. I am using the <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true"/> in the web.config and [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Required)] attribute on the WCF Service class. Upon entry to the WCF Service, System.Web.HttpContext.Current is not null, however System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name is zero length and System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated == false. Please HELP....how can I access the authenticated username. I know ASP.NET Membership authentication is working, because I can change the password in the client credentials to an invalid value, and the WCF service fails with security exception.  SignaturePhilip Hello ?....is anyone home ? SignaturePhilip > I am using the ASP.NET Membership provider for username/password > authentication with my WCF service, and this authentication process is [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > the password in the client credentials to an invalid value, and the WCF > service fails with security exception. > Hello ?....is anyone home ? Philip, I'm "home", I'm just "not all there". ;-) I'm only just picking up on WCF this past few weeks. Ironically, I just mentioned your post to my manager last night, as proof that WCF can use the Membership provider for authentication. I told him that your only problem was not being able to find the current user, and that I thought you'd have your answer by now. Maybe we can help each other out. You may be able to save me a great deal of time by posting links to documentation or articles you've found on using the Membership provider with WCF. If you have a small project that reproduces the problem, that would be great, too. For my part, I need to be able to show how the Membership provider can work in WCF, so I would take what you post as a starting point, and research the problem from there, over the weekend, because I find WCF just _so_ exciting. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731049.aspx http://nayyeri.net/blog/use-asp-net-membership-and-role-providers-in-windows-com munication-foundation/ Here are a couple of URLs on how to use the ASP.NET Membership Provider within WCF. Let me know if you need for me to pull together my WCF project....it is just rather large.... so I would need to do some copy and paste activity. Keep in mind.... the ASP.NET Membership Provider works fine within WCF....however I am attempting to use the ASP.NETCompatibility attribute to gain access to the Username....but no such luck.....Username is not visible. The Http Context is there....but IsAuthenticated() == False.... and Username == string.empty. I appreciate your help....this is critical for me....does not do me much good if the ASP.NET Membership Provider works yet I do not work who the user is.... Again...thanks. Philip SignaturePhilip > > Hello ?....is anyone home ? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > in WCF, so I would take what you post as a starting point, and research the > problem from there, over the weekend, because I find WCF just _so_ exciting. Have you tried using System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name? I'm using membership providers for my WCF service authentication, and that appears to be working for me. I need to do more extensive testing, but so far so good. -Adam > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731049.aspx > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Philip Thank you very much for the info... I will definitely try this. SignaturePhilip > Have you tried using System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name? > I'm using membership providers for my WCF service authentication, and that [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Philip Adam, Good news...System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name does properly identify the authenticated Username. One other note...System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name does not work when operating in AspNetCompatibility mode....returns zero length Username... however in my case this is fine...I did not want to operate in AspNetCompatibility mode anyway. Thanks for your assistance. SignaturePhilip > Thank you very much for the info... > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > > > Philip
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