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Asked: 2026-05-12T16:36:35+00:00

I am trying to build an ASP.NET 3.5 website that allows users to log

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I am trying to build an ASP.NET 3.5 website that allows users to log in and browse a couple of pages. I would like to restrict certain users to be able to view certain pages but I’m having trouble coming up with a custom and flexible system. I have seen MS’s version of this but it’s not what I am looking for. Can anyone direct me to some good online articles or even a video tutorial so I can do further research. Thanks!

P.S. I have tried creating a class that inherits from System.Web.UI.Page which does some checking but it’s getting messy. All my other pages inherit from that common page. Is this a common practice? How have you guys solved this problem in the past?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The best way to implement this would be, Forms Authentication coupled with Custom Role Provider.

    Hope you know, for Forms Authentication to work, you need not have to use the Complete Database Setup that MS uses to Authenticate.

    You can simply have your own Database and Validate a user yourself, and just set the cookie.

    String UserName = "CoolGuy";
Boolean isValidUser = YourClass.YourMethod(UserName);
if (isValidUser)
{ FormsAuthentication.setAuthCookie(UserName, false); }

    This will authenticate the user “CoolGuy” for the session, provided YourMethod returns true.

    You can use this, coupled with custom role provider. This gives you the facility to check User.IsInRole(“Role”); in your code.

    To Start with CustomRoleProvider.. here is a good reference… http://davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archive/2007/10/17/CreateCustomRoleProviderASPNETRolePermissionsSecurity.aspx

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