You can either have them auto-logon, or prompt for logon and allow them to
use either the account they logged in with or another one. You can't do
"Ryan" <ryan.mclean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1154299346.686768.229920@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> Hello, thanks for replying so quickly.
>
> The identity I am expecting to change is:
>
> HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name
>
> I could be confused, a co-worker of mine wrote the web.config, so i was
> guessing as to the authentication being magically tied to the
> membership node (<membership
> defaultProvider="MembershipADProvider"><providers><add
> name="MembershipADProvider"
> type="System.Web.Security.ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider,
> System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
> PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
> connectionStringName="ADConnectionString"
> connectionUsername="lookupuser" connectionPassword="lookuppassword"
> enableSearchMethods="true"
> attributeMapUsername="sAMAccountName"/></providers></membership>) and
> no, we don't have to login unless using mozilla-based browsers.
>
> hmmm, I just tested and the membership node doesn't seem to do anything
> (still authenticates if removed). I see, the authentication used with
> the IIS anonymous off is what does the trick.
>
> Okay, I want to make sure I have this correct. If we would like the
> users to not have to manually login, we have to use windows
> authentication. If we want the users to be able to login as a user that
> is not logged into their computer, we have to use forms or none . . .
>
> I think this article describes a solution:
>
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/050203.htm >
> Thanks again,
> Ryan
>
>
>
> Dominick Baier wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> which identity never changes??
>>
>> btw - you cannot use Windows auth *and* AD membership - i guess you are
>> using
>> Windows auth when you user don't have to login.
>>
>> dominick
>>
>> > Hello everybody, here is my question:
>> >
>> > We are using windows authentication and an Active Directory membership
>> > provider so our users don't have to login to the site. This works
>> > great, but now we need the ability to login as another user. I have
>> > tried simply adding a login control to a test page; the user is
>> > authenticated, but the identity never changes. I am assuming this is
>> > by design, but I am probably missing something simple. Is there a way
>> > to accomplish this? We could use forms authentication, but I believe
>> > the user would have to login to the site . . .
>> >
>> > I hope this is the appropriate group to post to; I am new to this 2.0
>> > stuff . . .
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help you can offer.
>> >
>> > Have a nice day,
>> > Ryan
>
