Say I have the following web.config:
Try Context.User.Identity.AuthenticationType
Go for PB's answer folks
use an xpath query //configuration/system.web/authentication[mode] ?
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
XmlDocument config = new XmlDocument();
config.Load(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile);
XmlNode node = config.SelectSingleNode("//configuration/system.web/authentication");
this.Label1.Text = node.Attributes["mode"].Value;
}
Import the System.Web.Configuration
namespace and do something like:
var configuration = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("/");
var authenticationSection = (AuthenticationSection)configuration.GetSection("system.web/authentication");
if (authenticationSection.Mode == AuthenticationMode.Forms)
{
//do something
}
You can also get the authentication mode by using the static ConfigurationManager class to get the section and then the enum AuthenticationMode
.
AuthenticationMode authMode = ((AuthenticationSection) ConfigurationManager.GetSection("system.web/authentication")).Mode;
The difference between WebConfigurationManager and ConfigurationManager
If you want to retrieve the name of the constant in the specified enumeration you can do this by using the Enum.GetName(Type, Object)
method
Enum.GetName(typeof(AuthenticationMode), authMode); // e.g. "Windows"
The mode property from the authenticationsection: AuthenticationSection.Mode Property (System.Web.Configuration). And you can even modify it.
// Get the current Mode property.
AuthenticationMode currentMode =
authenticationSection.Mode;
// Set the Mode property to Windows.
authenticationSection.Mode =
AuthenticationMode.Windows;
This article describes how to get a reference to the AuthenticationSection.