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help with asp.net forms authentication - I am lost ....

Asked by cengen99 in Programming for ASP.NET

I am trying to simply password protect a website for a limited time to allow friends and family to test it, without the whole world seeing it.  (Dont even need an elaborate database connection with a recordset ect... just a simple hard coded password for all for a couple of weeks of testing.)

Using http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/110701-1.shtml  as a reference I mod'ed my web.config file.

I put the following in my web.config (see below)

Q) is is wrong to have my code under/ in the middle of [<location path="signin.aspx">...</location>] ?



Can someone show me the login.aspx and login.aspx.vb pages to make this work?




Although I do have visual studio, I am just trying to get this done quickly using notepad, and don't want to get distracted trying to get Visual Studio to help me sort it all out...

Thank you in Advance!!


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1)
 
<!-- web.config code -->
    <!-- Forms Authentication Control.                                                                                                            -->
    <location path="signin.aspx">
        <system.web>
<!-- was            <authorization> -->
<!-- was         <allow users="*" />  -->
 
<!-- is for beta testing.... -->
		<authentication mode="Forms">
		
		<forms name=".CPSAUTH" loginUrl="login.aspx">
			<credentials passwordFormat="Clear">
				<user name="uname" password="abc123" />
			</credentials>
		</forms>
 
 
	    </authentication> 	
 
	    <authorization>	
 
		<allow users="?" /> 
 
<!-- end of beta testing password protection.... -->
 
            </authorization>
        </system.web>
    </location>
 
2)
Here is the code example for login.aspx or is it in code behind page (login.aspx.vb)?
 
<script language="vb" runat="server">
Sub Submit_OnClick(sender as Object, e as EventArgs)
  If MyCustomMethod (txtUserName.Text, txtPassword.Text) Then    
      FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage (txtUserName.Text, False)
  Else
      ' Invalid credentials supplied, display message
      lblMessage.Text = "Invalid login credentials"
  End If
End Sub
 
Function MyCustomMethod (ByVal strUsername As String, _
                        ByVal strPassword As String) As Boolean
    ' Open DB
    ' Run sproc that returns UserID
    ' Return True if UserID found else False
End Function                        
</script>
 
...
 
<form runat="server">
  Username: <asp:textbox id="txtUserName" runat="server" /><br />
  Password: <asp:textbox id="txtPassword" runat="server" TextMode="Password" />
  <p><asp:button id="btnSubmit" OnClick="Submit_OnClick"
                      Text="Login" runat="server" />
</form>
 
...  
 
 
 
3)
What I have in login.aspx page
 
<%@ Page language="vb" Inherits="AspDotNetStorefront.login" CodeFile="login.aspx.vb" %>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
   
</body>
</html>
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