title: How do I get the current user in an MVC Application?
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/263486/how-to-get-current-user-in-asp-net-mvc">How to get current user in Asp.Net MVC</a>  </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I've tried a bunch of different things, I know I've done it before when I used Webforms, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it in MVC.</p>
  
  <p>Membership doesn't work
  User gives me an IPrincipal or something User.Identity gives me the same type of variable...</p>
  
  <p>Anyone know? Is there any GetCurrentUser() method or something similar?</p>