How to change authentication cookies after changing UserName of current user with asp.net identity

Question

Using asp.net identity version 1.0.0-rc1 with Entity Framework 6.0.0-rc1 (the ones that come with Visual Studio 2013 RC).

Trying to give users an opportunity to change their UserName. There seems to be no function for that under AuthenticationIdentityManager, so I change the data using EF (get User object for current user, change UserName and save changes).

The problem is that authentication cookies remain unchanged, and the next request fails as there is no such user.

With forms authentication in the past I used the following code to solve this.

var formsAuthCookie = Request.Cookies[FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName];
var isPersistent = FormsAuthentication.Decrypt(formsAuthCookie.Value).IsPersistent;
FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(newUserName, isPersistent);

What should I do with asp.net identity to update the cookies?

UPDATE

The following code seems to update the authentication cookie.

var identity = new ClaimsIdentity(User.Identity);
identity.RemoveClaim(identity.FindFirst(identity.NameClaimType));
identity.AddClaim(new Claim(identity.NameClaimType, newUserName));
AuthenticationManager.AuthenticationResponseGrant = new AuthenticationResponseGrant
    (new ClaimsPrincipal(identity), new AuthenticationProperties {IsPersistent = false});

The remaining problem is: how to extract IsPersistent value from current authentication cookie?

Answer 1

How do you login/authenticate a user with Asp.Net MVC5 RTM bits using AspNet.Identity?

private async Task SignInAsync(ApplicationUser user, bool isPersistent)
{
    AuthenticationManager.SignOut(DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalCookie);
    var identity = await UserManager.CreateIdentityAsync(user, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);
    AuthenticationManager.SignIn(new AuthenticationProperties() { IsPersistent = isPersistent }, identity);
}

For the RC1, You can use the similar code.

AuthenticationManager.SignOut();
IdentityManager.Authentication.SignIn(AuthenticationManager, user.UserId, isPersistent:false);

For persistent value, you need to access the authentication cookie and retrieve the status.

Updated:

Use appropriate AuthenticationType used in place of "Bearer". Also make sure while issuing the signin ticket, you are setting the AuthenticationProperties.IsPersistent.

bool isPersistent=false;
var authContext = await Authentication.AuthenticateAsync("Bearer");
if (authContext != null)
{
   var aProperties = authContext.Properties;
   isPersistent = aProperties.IsPersistent;
}