Question

I am trying to add forms authentication to an mvc site and when i run the application I am redirected to the login page (which is correct). However, everytime I try to log in, the page is just refreshed instead and the controller is never getting the post request. I think something with my forms authentication is off and its redirecting all requests back to the login page? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

below is my web config info:

<authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms loginUrl="~/Account" timeout="30" slidingExpiration="false" requireSSL="false" />      
    </authentication>
<authorization>
      <deny users ="?" />
      <allow users = "*" />
    </authorization>

Below is my login page:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Login", "Account", FormMethod.Post))
{
    @Html.LabelFor(x => x.Username)<br />
    @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Username)

    <br />
    <br />

    @Html.LabelFor(x => x.Password)<br />
    @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Password)


    <br />
    <br />
    <br />

    <input type="submit" value="Login" />
}

Below is my controller:

[HttpGet]
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View("~/Views/Account/Login.cshtml", new LoginViewModel());
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Login(LoginViewModel viewModel)
        {
            Membership.ValidateUser(viewModel.Username, viewModel.Password);
            FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(viewModel.Username, viewModel.RememberMe);

            return View("~/Views/Account/Login.cshtml", viewModel);
        }

Answer 1

I believe the POST is occuring, but the issue you have my friend is that you’re redirecting to the login page at the end of the POST.

return View("~/Views/Account/Login.cshtml", viewModel);

Direct the user to the home page.