Custom Identity using MVC5 and OWIN

Question

I trying to add custom properties to the ApplicationUser for a web site using MVC5 and OWIN authentication. I\'ve read https://stackoverflow.com/a/10524305/264607 and I like ho

Answer 1

I've had the same error.

My problem was that with anonymous users I wasn't setting the IIdentity on IPrincipal. I did this only when users logged in with user name. Otherwise, IIdentity was null.

My solution was to always set IIdentity. If user is not authenticated (anonymous user) then IIdentity.IsAuthenticated is set to false. Otherwise, true.

My code:

private PrincipalCustom SetPrincipalIPAndBrowser()
{
     return new PrincipalCustom
     {
       IP = RequestHelper.GetIPFromCurrentRequest(HttpContext.Current.Request),
       Browser = RequestHelper.GetBrowserFromCurrentRequest(HttpContext.Current.Request),

    /* User is not authenticated, but Identity must be set anyway. If not, error occurs */
       Identity = new IdentityCustom { IsAuthenticated = false }
     };
}