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How do I use DotNetNuke Membership Authentication from Another Application?
I have a standard DNN installation with NB_Store. I have a separate application that runs in a different virtual directory, but has access to the DNN database. This app currently uses default "AspNetSqlMembershipProvid
I want this application to use the DNN authentication system/database. How do I do this? Is it as simple as modifying the app's web.config file? Do I simply add a <connectionStrings> for the DNN SQL server? How would I modify the "<membership defaultProvider=…" section since I don't see the equivalent in the DNN Web.Config?
I want this application to use the DNN authentication system/database. How do I do this? Is it as simple as modifying the app's web.config file? Do I simply add a <connectionStrings> for the DNN SQL server? How would I modify the "<membership defaultProvider=…" section since I don't see the equivalent in the DNN Web.Config?
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Ajacoa... unfortunately, I am not too familiar with the DNN roles. I'd assume that it still uses the same. Will you need to use the roles in your app at a later stage?
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So it appears that if I just want to validate the user, it is as easy as modifying my ASP.NET app's web.config file so my app points to DNN's Membership provider.
However if I want to use Roles in my App (I currently don't), it may be substantially more difficult.
This is because DNN uses the standard ASP.NET Membership provider, but not the ASP.NET Role provider. Correct?