asp forms authentication

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I've build a login page with users defined in asp.net web administration tool and I’m trying to give permissions depending on User Role I use this code

Public Sub mainlogin_Authenticate(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.AuthenticateEventArgs) Handles mainlogin.Authenticate

    If Membership.ValidateUser(mainlogin.UserName, mainlogin.Password) Then
        Dim usrInfo As MembershipUser = Membership.GetUser(mainlogin.UserName)
        Session("UsrName") = usrInfo.UserName

        If User.IsInRole("Deans") Then
            Session("UsrRole") = "Deans"

        ElseIf User.IsInRole("Rector") Then
            Session("UsrRole") = "Rector"

    End If

But the thing is, the User.IsInRole is empty because the User in not yet assigned to the the user who’s logging in.

Adam Tuliper · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-11 05:41:44Z

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In your web.config do you have a role manager defined? ex:

<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="AspNetSqlRoleProvider"/>

see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647401.aspx "Additional Considerations"

answered May 11, 2011 at 5:41

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Nate Pet Over a year ago

Hi Adam, can you assist with stackoverflow.com/questions/16302505/asp-net-authentication

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