ASP.NET MVC FormsAuthentication check if user logged in

Question

I want to show some div at the view only if user has logged in.

That's how I tried to do it:

@{
    if (Request.IsAuthenticated)
    // if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
    {
        <div>
            Some content only for logged in users.
        </div>
    }
}

But Request.IsAuthenticated (and User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) is always true, even in the very beginning, right after I start the website from Visual Studio. Apparently, it gets me as the user logged in Windows (because User.Identity.Name returns my Windows login), but I need it to check if user has authenticated on website via FormsAuthentication.

That's my web.config:

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="/Account/Login" timeout="2880" />
</authentication>

How do I check if users has logged in via FormsAuthentication?

For now I did it like that: if (Request.Cookies[FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName] != null), but that doesn't seem to be the right way. — retif
– retif, Commented May 30, 2015 at 14:12

Techy · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-31 11:19:01Z

8

If you mean that you want to check if the user has logged in, I use the following:

@if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) { /* content */}

answered May 31, 2015 at 11:19

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retif Over a year ago

Nope, tried that, it always returns true as well.

Techy Over a year ago

are you using individual user accounts, organizational, or windows authentication?

retif Over a year ago

Where? In web.config there are only <authentication mode="Forms"> lines that I mentioned in the post.

Techy Over a year ago

When you first create your application you get to choose the type. please see the following, this might solve your problem: forums.asp.net/t/…

retif Over a year ago

Well, I chose None, and this selection, when creating new project, only affects <authentication mode> in web.config.

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