.NET Framework - Use of Login Control

Asked By ChaplainDou

13-Aug-07 11:02 AM

Visual Studio 2005 Express.  I would like to have the login control validate
logins using Active Directory.  That is, I would like to have user logins
checked against the AD in our server (Windows Server 2003).  How may I
accomplish this?
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Dr. Doug Pruiett
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
www.goodnewsjail.org

13-Aug-07 04:20 PM

Please allow me to clarify.

I just downloaded Visual Web Developer 2008 Express.  I am experimenting and
trying to learn.

I want to put a Login control on a page and have that control check the user
name and password against my Active Directory on our Windows 2003 Server.
How may I accomplish that?

If anyone could provide some examples with code it would be great.  Thanks
and God bless.
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Dr. Doug Pruiett
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
www.goodnewsjail.org

13-Aug-07 11:36 PM

Hi,
This is actually easy to-do with ASP.NET 2.0 using the
ActiveDirectoryMembership provider.  Below msdn link describes how to do it:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998360.aspx
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Hope this helps.
Thanks and Regards.
Manish Bafna.
MCP and MCTS.

14-Aug-07 05:10 PM

Thank you for the help.  I have a question regarding the information to which
you directed me.  I am instructed:
Add a Page_Load Event Handler
Add the following code to the Page_Load event handler of your Default.aspx
page. This page should be displayed only to authenticated users. To prove
that this is the case, the code displays information obtained from the forms
authentication ticket that is issued to authenticated users.

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Hello, " + Server.HtmlEncode(User.Identity.Name));

FormsIdentity id = (FormsIdentity)User.Identity;
FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = id.Ticket;

Response.Write("<p/>TicketName: " + ticket.Name );
Response.Write("<br/>Cookie Path: " + ticket.CookiePath);
Response.Write("<br/>Ticket Expiration: " +
ticket.Expiration.ToString());
Response.Write("<br/>Expired: " + ticket.Expired.ToString());
Response.Write("<br/>Persistent: " + ticket.IsPersistent.ToString());
Response.Write("<br/>IssueDate: " + ticket.IssueDate.ToString());
Response.Write("<br/>UserData: " + ticket.UserData);
Response.Write("<br/>Version: " + ticket.Version.ToString());
}

I assume that this is aspx code.  Where do I place this in the default.aspx
file?

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Dr. Doug Pruiett
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
www.goodnewsjail.org

14-Aug-07 09:44 PM

Hi,
You will find Page_Load event in Default.aspx.cs(if language selected is C#)
or in Default.aspx.vb(if language selected is VB.NET).When you double click
Default.aspx in design mode you will get Default.aspx.cs. or Default.aspx.vb.
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Hope this helps.
Thanks and Regards.
Manish Bafna.
MCP and MCTS.

15-Aug-07 10:12 AM

Dear Manish:

I tried plugging the code into the default.aspx.vb and it would not work.  I
was able to kludge it and have some of it work.  The code below is what I
produced.  All the commented lines errored out.  What am I missing?  Is the
example text C# code?  How do I then reference in vb the items that errored
out?

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Handles Me.Load

Response.Write("Hello, " + Server.HtmlEncode(User.Identity.Name))
'FormsIdentity id = (FormsIdentity)User.Identity;
'FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = id.Ticket;

'Response.Write("<p/>TicketName: " + ticket.Name );
'Response.Write("<br/>Cookie Path: " + ticket.CookiePath);
'Response.Write("<br/>Ticket Expiration: " +
'                ticket.Expiration.ToString());
'Response.Write("<br/>Expired: " + ticket.Expired.ToString());
'Response.Write("<br/>Persistent: " + ticket.IsPersistent.ToString());
'Response.Write("<br/>IssueDate: " + ticket.IssueDate.ToString());
'Response.Write("<br/>UserData: " + ticket.UserData);
'Response.Write("<br/>Version: " + ticket.Version.ToString());
End Sub
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Dr. Doug Pruiett
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
www.goodnewsjail.org

15-Aug-07 10:44 AM

Dear Manish:

I am using the Active Directory to authenticate logins.  The logins are in
two folders, one called "Users" and the other called "Mail_Users."  How can I
get the code to search for the logins in either or both folders?  The
following is what I have:

connectionString="LDAP://goodnewsjail.org/CN=Users,DC=goodnewsjail,DC=org" />

When I try "CN=Mail_Users" I get an error.  What am I doing wrong?
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Dr. Doug Pruiett
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
www.goodnewsjail.org

31-Aug-07 04:52 PM

Doug,

The supplied code is in fact C# code.  The VB.NET equivalent is:

Response.Write("Hello, " & Server.HtmlEncode(User.Identity.Name))
Dim id As FormsIdentity = CType(User.Identity, FormsIdentity)
Dim ticket As FormsAuthenticationTicket = id.Ticket
Response.Write("<p/>TicketName: " & ticket.Name)
Response.Write("<br/>Cookie Path: " & ticket.CookiePath)
Response.Write("<br/>Ticket Expiration: " & _
ticket.Expiration.ToString())
Response.Write("<br/>Expired: " & ticket.Expired.ToString())
Response.Write("<br/>Persistent: " & ticket.IsPersistent.ToString())
Response.Write("<br/>IssueDate: " & ticket.IssueDate.ToString())
Response.Write("<br/>UserData: " & ticket.UserData)
Response.Write("<br/>Version: " & ticket.Version.ToString())

Hope this helps,

Steve - dotneticated.com