Need info on how to test for roles defined in web.config.

[Ken Varn]

I am using forms based authentication. I would like to be able to determine
if a user has access to a specific web page through some automation method
without having to put specific code in the page to see if it is restricted.

I was looking at the web.config parameters for location element and thought
this would be a good place to start. However, I cannot figure out how to
have the page test to see if the required roles for the location are valid
based on the identity object of the logged on user. Is there some standard
way of doing this?

So far I have authenticated the user, and now want to limit the access of
certain pages based on the defined roles that the user has vs. what the page
allows.

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Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.

EmailID = varnk
Domain = Diebold.com
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[Ken Varn]

Never mind... I forgot to put in a Deny Users="*" after the Allow element.

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Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.

EmailID = varnk
Domain = Diebold.com
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"Ken Varn" <nospam> wrote in message
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> I am using forms based authentication. I would like to be able to

determine

> if a user has access to a specific web page through some automation method
> without having to put specific code in the page to see if it is

restricted.

>
> I was looking at the web.config parameters for location element and

thought

> this would be a good place to start. However, I cannot figure out how to
> have the page test to see if the required roles for the location are valid
> based on the identity object of the logged on user. Is there some

standard

> way of doing this?
>
> So far I have authenticated the user, and now want to limit the access of
> certain pages based on the defined roles that the user has vs. what the

page

> allows.
>
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> Ken Varn
> Senior Software Engineer
> Diebold Inc.
>
> EmailID = varnk
> Domain = Diebold.com
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>
>