SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser returns misleading value

Question

I\'m trying to find out current user name for my sharepoint application. There are more that one way how to do this. However the sharepoint way returns misleading value.

Answer 1

Are you browsing as the admin account that you used to install the system? SharePoint will "helpfully" rename that SHAREPOINT\System. Use a different account and all of the methods will return the same value.