Setting roles by using GenericPrincipal instance

Question

Recently I asked a question about how to use ajax calls to authenticate user in asp.net mvc, and I got my answer.

But then is decided to use 'Roles' property of 'GenericPrincipal' class

so I changed my code as follow to contain 'Roles':

HttpContext.User = new System.Security.Principal.
                    GenericPrincipal(new System.Security.Principal.GenericIdentity(login.LoginName),
                     userRole);

In my site.master view, I check to see which kind of roles users belongs to and I show appropriate menu, but when I watch 'HttpContext.Current.User.Identity' values during debugging, I see m_roles=string[0] and 'IsInRole("Admin")' returns false.

How could it be fixed?

@persianDev in my webconfig i have because i dont want to get the roles from SQL, thats why Im setting the roles by hand as you did... but exactly right in my controller when i try to check IsInRole("..." i get always false... any clue? — VAAA, Jul 24 '12 at 19:00

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '12 at 22:52

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Try setting the current thread principle:

   System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal = principal;

as is shown here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/Vsexpressvcs/thread/5f9735a9-096b-47af-963d-e95130cad6b4

answered Jan 03 '12 at 22:52

Adam Tuliper

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is it applicable to asp.net mvc ? – Babak Fakhriloo Jan 04 '12 at 11:33
its applicable to ASP.NET, and thats what both web forms and MVC use. – Adam Tuliper Jan 04 '12 at 15:24
@Adam, I just set the System.Threading.... and in the controller it returns false always... any clue? – VAAA Jul 24 '12 at 18:57
@VAAA I don't know what you mean, no controller code is listed here. Post a new issue and we'll check it out. – Adam Tuliper Jul 24 '12 at 19:57

Setting roles by using GenericPrincipal instance

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