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NT based roles using forms authentication

Please can you help with a problem I am having.

My web config is set to...
<authorization> <deny users="?"/>
<authenticati on mode="Forms">
<forms name=".COOKIE" loginUrl="login .aspx" protection="All "
timeout="5" path="/"/>
</authentication>
<identity impersonate="tr ue"/>

login.aspx uses advapi32.dll to create the token and authenticate the
user
using the code..
if(LogonUser(Te xtBoxUsername.T ext,
"HILLSRD",
TextBoxPassword .Text,
LOGON32_LOGON_I NTERACTIVE,
LOGON32_PROVIDE R_DEFAULT,
ref token) != 0)
{

FormsAuthentica tion.RedirectFr omLoginPage(Tex tBoxUsername.Te xt,
CBoxRememberMe. Checked);

}

but when I want to enable NT group security but when I go to access
User.IsInRole it always returns false? I digged a little deeper by
live debugging and found that m_roles array is always empty. What am I
doing wrong - why aren't the roles avaialble that are on the domain?
many thanks for any help on this.

Sharat Koya
Nov 18 '05 #1
3 1935
Hi Sharat:

I'm not sure what the requirements are for your application, but I'm
thinking you could save yourself a good deal of code if you let
Windows manage the authentication and impersonation with a web.config
along the lines of:

<system.web>
<authenticati on mode="Windows"/>
<identity impersonate="tr ue"/>
<authorizatio n>
<deny users="?"/>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>

This will avoid you having to use LogonUser in your code. If you do go
this way - you need to use the token given out by LogonUser to do the
impersonation, and pass the token to CloseHandle for proper cleanup
afterwards.

--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com
On 13 Aug 2004 08:12:33 -0700, sh*********@add enbrookes.nhs.u k (Sharat
Koya) wrote:
Please can you help with a problem I am having.

My web config is set to...
<authorization ><deny users="?"/>
<authenticatio n mode="Forms">
<forms name=".COOKIE" loginUrl="login .aspx" protection="All "
timeout="5" path="/"/>
</authentication>
<identity impersonate="tr ue"/>

login.aspx uses advapi32.dll to create the token and authenticate the
user
using the code..
if(LogonUser(T extBoxUsername. Text,
"HILLSRD",
TextBoxPassword .Text,
LOGON32_LOGON_I NTERACTIVE,
LOGON32_PROVIDE R_DEFAULT,
ref token) != 0)
{

FormsAuthentica tion.RedirectFr omLoginPage(Tex tBoxUsername.Te xt,
CBoxRememberMe .Checked);

}

but when I want to enable NT group security but when I go to access
User.IsInRol e it always returns false? I digged a little deeper by
live debugging and found that m_roles array is always empty. What am I
doing wrong - why aren't the roles avaialble that are on the domain?
many thanks for any help on this.

Sharat Koya


Nov 18 '05 #2
<identity impersonate="tr ue"/> means to impersonate the iis authenticated
user, in your case because you are using forms authentication, the iis user
is the anonymous login.

because you are using forms authentication, its your job to fill in the
roles. you will need to do this on every request.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
"Sharat Koya" <sh*********@ad denbrookes.nhs. uk> wrote in message
news:8e******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
Please can you help with a problem I am having.

My web config is set to...
<authorization> <deny users="?"/>
<authenticati on mode="Forms">
<forms name=".COOKIE" loginUrl="login .aspx" protection="All "
timeout="5" path="/"/>
</authentication>
<identity impersonate="tr ue"/>

login.aspx uses advapi32.dll to create the token and authenticate the
user
using the code..
if(LogonUser(Te xtBoxUsername.T ext,
"HILLSRD",
TextBoxPassword .Text,
LOGON32_LOGON_I NTERACTIVE,
LOGON32_PROVIDE R_DEFAULT,
ref token) != 0)
{

FormsAuthentica tion.RedirectFr omLoginPage(Tex tBoxUsername.Te xt,
CBoxRememberMe. Checked);

}

but when I want to enable NT group security but when I go to access
User.IsInRole it always returns false? I digged a little deeper by
live debugging and found that m_roles array is always empty. What am I
doing wrong - why aren't the roles avaialble that are on the domain?
many thanks for any help on this.

Sharat Koya

Nov 18 '05 #3
You could create locked down local accounts on the web server and
still use Windows authentication. If the server doesn't recognize
thier current credentials the browser will prompt for then to enter a
username, password and domain (machine name) to log in with.

--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 11:37:03 -0700, "Sharat Koya" <Sharat
Ko**@discussion s.microsoft.com> wrote:
The reason I am using this method is that it allows users to be logged in on
a secure locked down account whilst allowing them the option to log in as
them selves and change between users without logging off the account. Is
there a way of perserving this idea without implementing database stored
roles?

thanks

"Scott Allen" wrote:
Hi Sharat:

I'm not sure what the requirements are for your application, but I'm
thinking you could save yourself a good deal of code if you let
Windows manage the authentication and impersonation with a web.config
along the lines of:

<system.web>
<authenticati on mode="Windows"/>
<identity impersonate="tr ue"/>
<authorizatio n>
<deny users="?"/>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>

This will avoid you having to use LogonUser in your code. If you do go
this way - you need to use the token given out by LogonUser to do the
impersonation, and pass the token to CloseHandle for proper cleanup
afterwards.

--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com
On 13 Aug 2004 08:12:33 -0700, sh*********@add enbrookes.nhs.u k (Sharat
Koya) wrote:
>Please can you help with a problem I am having.
>
>My web config is set to...
><authorization ><deny users="?"/>
><authenticatio n mode="Forms">
><forms name=".COOKIE" loginUrl="login .aspx" protection="All "
>timeout="5" path="/"/>
></authentication>
><identity impersonate="tr ue"/>
>
>login.aspx uses advapi32.dll to create the token and authenticate the
>user
>using the code..
>if(LogonUser(T extBoxUsername. Text,
> "HILLSRD",
> TextBoxPassword .Text,
> LOGON32_LOGON_I NTERACTIVE,
> LOGON32_PROVIDE R_DEFAULT,
> ref token) != 0)
> {
>
> FormsAuthentica tion.RedirectFr omLoginPage(Tex tBoxUsername.Te xt,
>CBoxRememberMe .Checked);
>
> }
>
>but when I want to enable NT group security but when I go to access
>User.IsInRol e it always returns false? I digged a little deeper by
>live debugging and found that m_roles array is always empty. What am I
>doing wrong - why aren't the roles avaialble that are on the domain?
>
>
>many thanks for any help on this.
>
>Sharat Koya



Nov 18 '05 #4

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