Have you checked the User.Identity.Name and the user name you are providing ?
Have you checked your web.config file ?
regards,
Ramkumar
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Role Management
I am developing a website in Visual Studio 2005 using ASP.NET 2.0 technology. Using the Web Site Administration Tool, I have changed the website to use Forms Authentication, created a few users, turned on Roles, and created a couple of roles which I then assigned to the users.
Now on my web form I placed the ASP.NET Login control on the form. It works perfectly and I can login and logout and everything. My problem is that once the user has logged in, I want to check which role he is in so that I know where to redirect him. I use the following code in the Login1_Authenticate event (Login1 is the name of the Login control):
Select Case True
Case User.IsInRole("Teacher")
Response.Redirect("~/Teach
Case User.IsInRole("Parent")
Response.Redirect("~/Paren
Case User.IsInRole("Student")
Response.Redirect("~/Stude
End Select
But it goes right through the Select Case block without any of the cases being true. Now those are the only roles I have defined, and every user belongs to one of those roles, so one of them should be true! I tried moving the code to the Login1_LoggedIn event rather, but same problem. I even tried it on the Page_Load event and nothing. If I check the User.Identity.IsAuthentica
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hi SETP
Authenticate event provides you with the custom authentication method to define. Do not use the Authenticate method, and delete the cross-reference from your HTML tags where it says something like this:
<asp:Login ID="Login1" OnAuthenticate="Login1_Aut
delete OnAuthenticate entry kind of stuff
Now next part, put your code in Login1_LoggedIn. This is the event which gets executed on successful login.
let me know if you still have problem with redirecting.
Happy Programming ;)
Hi awabid. I put the code under the Login1_Authenticate event, but same problem. I also removed all HTML code refering to Login1_Authenticate.
Ramkumar, I'm definitely typing in the correct username and password. However, when I check User.Identity.Name it is showing up blank (empty string or nothing, not sure), as is User.Identity.Authenticati
This is what my web.config file looks like (I've removed only the comments):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.micr
<appSettings/>
<connectionStrings/>
<system.web>
<roleManager enabled="true" />
<compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true"/>
<pages>
<namespaces>
<clear/>
<add namespace="System"/>
<add namespace="System.Collecti
<add namespace="System.Collecti
<add namespace="System.Configur
<add namespace="System.Text"/>
<add namespace="System.Text.Reg
<add namespace="System.Web"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Cach
<add namespace="System.Web.Sess
<add namespace="System.Web.Secu
<add namespace="System.Web.Prof
<add namespace="System.Web.UI"/
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.W
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.W
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.H
</namespaces>
</pages>
<authentication mode="Forms" />
</system.web>
</configuration>
As you can see, there is no user or role information in there, but I guess that's because it's all stored in the SQL database?
The problem is there with your web.config
<authentication mode="Forms" />
the following link definitely solves your problem:
http://www.supinfo-project
regards,
Ramkumar
well, i modified my web.config file but same problem. This is what it looks like now:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.micr
<appSettings/>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="MyLifeConnectionStri
connectionString="Data Source=FABRICIO-PC\SQLEXPR
providerName="System.Data.
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<membership defaultProvider="Membershi
<providers>
<add name="MembershipSqlProvide
type="System.Web.Security.
connectionStringName="MyLi
applicationName="MyLife"/>
</providers>
</membership>
<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="RoleManag
<providers>
<add name = "RoleManagerSqlProvider"
type="System.Web.Security.
connectionStringName="MyLi
applicationName="MyLife"/>
</providers>
</roleManager>
<compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true"/>
<pages>
<namespaces>
<clear/>
<add namespace="System"/>
<add namespace="System.Collecti
<add namespace="System.Collecti
<add namespace="System.Configur
<add namespace="System.Text"/>
<add namespace="System.Text.Reg
<add namespace="System.Web"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Cach
<add namespace="System.Web.Sess
<add namespace="System.Web.Secu
<add namespace="System.Web.Prof
<add namespace="System.Web.UI"/
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.W
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.W
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.H
</namespaces>
</pages>
<authentication mode="Forms" />
</system.web>
</configuration>
This is what your web.config requires
< authentication mode="Forms" >
< forms loginUrl="login.aspx" name=".ASPXFORMSAUTH" >
< / forms >
< / authentication >
But you have added unwanted things to your web.config file.
You can also refer this link http://www.exforsys.com/co
regards,
Ramkumar
Added that but still not working. This is what it looks like now:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.micr
<appSettings/>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="MyLifeConnectionStri
connectionString="Data Source=FABRICIO-PC\SQLEXPR
providerName="System.Data.
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<membership defaultProvider="Membershi
<providers>
<add name="MembershipSqlProvide
type="System.Web.Security.
connectionStringName="MyLi
applicationName="MyLife"/>
</providers>
</membership>
<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="SqlProvid
<providers>
<add connectionStringName="MyLi
name="SqlProvider" type="System.Web.Security.
</providers>
</roleManager>
<compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true"/>
<pages>
<namespaces>
<clear/>
<add namespace="System"/>
<add namespace="System.Collecti
<add namespace="System.Collecti
<add namespace="System.Configur
<add namespace="System.Text"/>
<add namespace="System.Text.Reg
<add namespace="System.Web"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Cach
<add namespace="System.Web.Sess
<add namespace="System.Web.Secu
<add namespace="System.Web.Prof
<add namespace="System.Web.UI"/
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.W
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.W
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.H
</namespaces>
</pages>
<authentication mode="Forms" >
<forms loginUrl="Login.aspx" name=".ASPXFORMSAUTH" >
</forms>
</authentication>
</system.web>
</configuration>
Well, still don't know what the problem is, but I managed to solve it a different way:
Select Case True
Case Roles.IsUserInRole(Login1.
Response.Redirect("~/Teach
Case Roles.IsUserInRole(Login1.
Response.Redirect("~/Paren
Case Roles.IsUserInRole(Login1.
Response.Redirect("~/Stude
End Select
This approach seems to work. I don't know why I can't use User.IsInRole. Anyways, thanks for your help guys. I've split the points between the two of you.
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by: netswapPosted on 2006-08-02 at 03:18:22ID: 17231637
Hi SETP,
replace case with if...elseif ladder as under, other all are right.
if (User.IsInRole("Teacher"))
Response.Redirect("~/Teach
else if (User.IsInRole("Parent")) Then
Response.Redirect("~/Paren
else if (User.IsInRole("Student"))
Response.Redirect("~/Stude
end if
Regards,
NetSwap