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

The other way SPWeb.CurrentUser could return SHAREPOINT\system is if the web is elevated, though I'm not sure why SPContext.Current would be elevated. On what kind of page are you seeing this behavior?