web config

iceman90289 · February 5th, 2009, 07:21 PM

is it possible to create a permanent user in the web config file? and give him Admin Privillages?

i made one using that asp config thing but i cant log in with that user for some reason. its kind of annoying, if anyone knows if i am missing a step between creating a user with admin privillages with ASP config and logging in with said user account please let me know.

dparsons · February 5th, 2009, 09:02 PM

Could you, yes. Should you? I wouldn't. ASP.NET provides the capability to handle this in the database out of the box. Rather than recite things that have been wrote about extensively on the net I am going to point you to Scott Guthrie's blob that has a wealth of information on Membership, roles, and so forth.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archi...esources-.aspx

hth.
-Doug

Lee Dumond · February 5th, 2009, 09:18 PM

You can easily define usernames and passwords in web.config file:

Code:

<authentication mode="Forms">
   <forms>
      <credentials passwordFormat="Clear">
         <user name="Iceman" password="IceIsTheMan123!" />               
      </credentials>            
   </forms>         
</authentication>

Unfortunately, there is no way to assign a user to a role in web.config. However, you can always assign a user to a role in code if you need to -- like in a Page_Load method, if you wanted to test something out, for example.

In the long run, it might be better to try to get your regular authentication / authorization working right. Are you not able to log in the user at all? Or is it just not picking up on the role?

iceman90289 · February 5th, 2009, 10:05 PM

it wouldnt let me log in the user at all. i had to register a new user instead.

Lee Dumond · February 6th, 2009, 12:00 AM

And the new user worked?

iceman90289 · February 6th, 2009, 01:13 AM

it did.

but i wont be able to do much with my site atm... im getting this error when i log in now...

One or more files do not match the primary file of the database. If you are attempting to attach a database, retry the operation with the correct files. If this is an existing database, the file may be corrupted and should be restored from a backup.
Cannot open user default database. Login failed.
Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'.
Log file 'C:\MemberSites\MemberSites_AspSpider_Info\iceman9 0289\webroot\App_Data\aspnetdb_log.ldf' does not match the primary file. It may be from a different database or the log may have been rebuilt previously.

Lee Dumond · February 6th, 2009, 01:27 AM

Both this error, and the not being able to log in with a previously created user, are related to moving the database.

iceman90289 · February 6th, 2009, 01:33 AM

ah okay. well i got it fixed. i had to refresh the connection.
thanks :)