Accessing User.Identity from Master Page

Question

I'm trying to access User.Identity from my master page so I can figure out which user is logged in, however I can't get it to work. If I import System.Security.Principal in my master page it makes no difference:

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Security.Principal" %>

I can access it fine if I try within a Controller.

Any idea what I need to do?

Answer 1

What about through HttpContext.Current.User.Identity?