title: ASP.NET Controller Base Class User.Identity.Name
body: <p>As described in <a href="http://www.asp.net/Learn/mvc/tutorial-13-cs.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this post</a>, I created an abstract base controller class in order to be able to pass data from a controller to master.page. In this case, I want to lookup a user in my db, querying for User.Identity.Name (only if he is logged in).</p>
  
  <p>However, I noticed that in this abstract base class the <code>User</code> property is always <code>null</code>. What do I have to do to get this working?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks a lot</p>