SharePoint - Get a list of current users

Question

What's the best way to get a list of users that are assigned to a SharePoint portal?

Answer 1

It depends on exactly what list of users you want.

All users that exist in a SharePoint web (but don't necessarily have permission):

SPWeb.AllUsers

Users that exist in a SharePoint web but have been granted some permission:

SPWeb.Users

Users that exist in a SharePoint site collection (but don't necessarily have permission):

SPWeb.SiteUsers

Note: I am assuming you are using WSS 3.0 / MOSS 2007 but this should work for WSS 2.0.

Also look at:

SPWeb.AllUsers vs. SPWeb.Users

SPWeb.AllUsers vs. SPWeb.Users vs. SPWeb.Groups