WindowsPrincipal.Identity Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Security.Principal

Assembly:: System.Security.Principal.Windows.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

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Gets the identity of the current principal.

public:
 virtual property System::Security::Principal::IIdentity ^ Identity { System::Security::Principal::IIdentity ^ get(); };

public override System.Security.Principal.IIdentity Identity { get; }

public virtual System.Security.Principal.IIdentity Identity { get; }

member this.Identity : System.Security.Principal.IIdentity

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Identity As IIdentity

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Identity As IIdentity

Property Value

IIdentity

The WindowsIdentity object of the current principal.

Implements

Identity

Examples

The following example retrieves the name of the user by using the Identity property of the WindowsPrincipal object.

WindowsPrincipal^ wp = gcnew WindowsPrincipal( WindowsIdentity::GetCurrent() );
String^ username = wp->Identity->Name;

WindowsPrincipal wp = new WindowsPrincipal(WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent());
string username = wp.Identity.Name;

Dim wp As New WindowsPrincipal(WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent())
Dim username As String = wp.Identity.Name

Applies to