What's the difference between HttpContext.Current.User and Thread.CurrentPrincipal in asp.net?

The biggest difference is that they do not have to be the same Generally speaking, HttpContext.Current. User is the logon user while Thread. CurrentPrincipal is the worker process identity On IIS 5.

X, Thread. CurrentPrincipal by default is ASPNET. On IIS 6 and above, Thread.

CurrentPrincipal by default is Network Service or application pool account To make it complex, if you enable ASP. NET impersonation, then both of them will be the same as the logon user. :) Try to read some really good books on this topic and Microsoft MSDN articles http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998351.aspx Another suggestion is to use a debugger to attach to the worker process and check those at runtime.

That can give you a better look.

The biggest difference is that they do not have to be the same. Generally speaking, HttpContext.Current. User is the logon user while Thread.

CurrentPrincipal is the worker process identity. On IIS 5. X, Thread.

CurrentPrincipal by default is ASPNET. On IIS 6 and above, Thread. CurrentPrincipal by default is Network Service or application pool URL1 make it complex, if you enable ASP.

NET impersonation, then both of them will be the same as the logon user. :) Try to read some really good books on this topic and Microsoft MSDN articles, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998351.aspx Another suggestion is to use a debugger to attach to the worker process and check those at runtime. That can give you a better look.

Another big difference is that your code doesn't always have access to the HttpContext. (For example if you have all of your BL in an assembly that may or may not be used from a web application) While they two user accounts can be different, if you use the Thread. CurrentPrincipal then your code will always be able to get at that user object no matter where you are in your code.

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