Hi, Is there any way to specify ResetPassword() of the MembershipUser class to generate passwords of only alpha-numeric characters? Thanks, wb...more >>

I have a SQL Express 2005 db which a WinForm application connects to. I've chosen to use the ASP SQL Membership provider to manage application users and roles. Currently, I run the aspnet_regsql tool on my existing database. Does it make sense to create a seperate database just for users and...more >>

My applications allows files to be uploaded and downloaded. I don't want to give direct access, instead to stream them out of an aspx handler. The files can have any extension. The asp.net application (V2) has forms authentication. What happens is that I launch a web dialog with a list...more >>

When I run my ASP.NET application from my development PC, Me.User.Identity.Name works. When I run it from my Intranet site, it does not. Any suggestions? ...more >>

Hi, I have couple of applications (rich client and web client) written in .NET. I would like to have a common authentication mechanism for both. Active Directory authentication is straight foreward for this type of requirement. But I would like to have single sign-on to be achieved between the...more >>

Hello, I have a web application (ASP.NET 2.0) which should allow authenticated users (via forms authentication) to download files that are stored in a network share in the same domain (windows 2000). I am byte streaming the content of the files so that clients do not connect directly to the...more >>

Hi, I am using ActiveDirectoryProvider to authenticate users (AD). If I point my provider to the root of AD every thing works fine. If I point the provider to a CN which has a group of users under a nested container under root I am getting the following error. Root --> OU1--> OU12--> CN ...more >>

Hi; We have a case in our web app, which uses the asp.net membership/role stuff for security, where we launch a second web page that is bringing up a page on the site. When we do so, it asks the user to log in on that browser. Is there a ay to have it launch with the credentials of the pag...more >>

I created a walkthrough for "How to call a Web service by using a client certificate for authentication in an ASP.NET Web application"using makecert, certutil, WinHttpCertCfg.exe X509Certificate. You can find it here: http://igottools.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=11 Hope it helps you guys...more >>

I have 3 Dll's 1) Core Objects and Utilities 2) Data Access layer 3) GUI Layer 2 and 3 both have a reference to 1 (the Core Objects and Utilities) however certain classes in the utilities I want only to be accessible for 2 (such as the database access). Any Ideas? Thank you John K...more >>

I am using Visual Studio 2002. Suddenly, one of my web projects does not stops on breakpoints on debug. I noticed that when going to project properties under debugging, the "Debugging asp.net" check box is grayed. How can I solve that ? Thanks ra294 ...more >>

I have built and deployed a site that uses Membership and Role providers. The site has a SiteMap and a Menu control thats security trimmed. a) When I'm on the webserver, and attempt to log on (to localhost) using IE7, my user logs in w/o problems, and the proper menus are shown. b) When I'...more >>

I do have setup all the needed configurations inside the config file and somehow I still can't make the PasswordRecovery Control successful. It do can retrieve the Question for the specific user name but when it comes for the verification of the answer, I never see the successful information ...more >>

We are having problems when executing aspnet_regsql in our client's envitorment. We are using SQL Server 2000 with an account with full privileges, but the wizard thorws the following exception: Setup failed. Exception: An error occurred during the execution of the SQL file 'InstallCommon...more >>

hi, User.IsInRole method appears not to work with the web.sitemap * 'all roles' wildcard. is this by design? do i have to handle wildcards manually? ideally User.IsInRole("*") would return true if the user is in any role. an example is below to illustrate. i have a sitemap node like so:...more >>

I have an application that uses the SqlMembershipProvider and SqlRoleProvider for security. I have setup my SQL Server database using aspnet_regsql.exe and configured my application to hit the correct database. Everything works as expected when running on my development machine, and on our tes...more >>

Hi: I'm having trouble setting this up. I placed the following information in web.config: <membership userIsOnlineTimeWindow="20"> <providers> <add connectionStringName="SqlServices" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQ...more >>

Can anybody explain these step by step in detail and with code sample Thanks in advance....more >>

I have created a simple ASP.NET application on the intranet, accessible only to 2 users who will log in as Administrator; the server runs Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Page language is C#. The application accesses a database that runs on SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, on the same machine w...more >>

Hi, I'm thinking about using the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider for the login control and I'm wondering if the provider can handle the situation where the user's password has expired (after 90 days for example) and they need to change it. So far after reading documentation I haven't been ...more >>

I have a client that uses a dot net web app on a windows 2003 server. Every day they get a dotnet message from the users browser that tells us that the aspnet user does not have security rigths to c:\windows \temp I look at the security tab and see that the local user aspnet is gone, re-add it ...more >>

I'm using forms authentication with my .net 2.0 site. I'm setting some cookies after the user logs in, and as long as they stay logged in I can "see" the cookies on subsequent posts. The problem is that as soon as the user logs out, the cookies are gone. I know ASP will expire the Ticket cooki...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to get data from the AD via our intranet. It works on my = local IIS server, but when running on a client I get the following = message: Source Error:=20 Line 21: ds.DirectoryEntry entry =3D new = ds.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://CN=3Dusers,DC=3Dskanska,DC=3Dorg"); ...more >>

Greetings, If the database already uploaded, anyway to delete certain users? As far as I known, deleting users will affected at least 4 tables, which is: - - aspnet_Membership - aspnet_Profile - aspnet_Users - aspnet_UsersInRoles Any table I miss out? Question How do totall...more >>

Hello, I need a little advice in figuring out the right solution for a problem that I am facing. I have a 3 tier application. Client, Web Service middle layer, and SQL Server. I have been using a trusted account to get from the WS to SQL, but now I have new requirements for getting user...more >>