FormsAuthentication - handling a change of username

Question

My ASP.NET MVC web application allows administrators to change their own, or other users\' usernames.

Users are logged in by calling FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCoo

Answer 1

var cookieName = FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName;
var request = HttpContext.Current.Request;
var cookie = request.Cookies.Get(cookieName);
if (cookie == null)
    return;

try
{
    var ticket = FormsAuthentication.Decrypt(cookie.Value);

    //This should give you what you want...
    bool isPersistent = ticket.IsPersistent;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    //Logging
}