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I am using an authentication attribute on some of my actions in an asp.net mvc page to refer people to a login screen if they have not authenticated. My problem is returning them to the referring page after they have logged in. I was just keeping track of the referring action and referring controller but that becomes problematic when I also need to keep track of some parameters. Is there some nifty built in trick about which I don’t know?
In case you’re using FormsAuthentication, when ASP.NET redirects a user to the login page, the URL looks something like this:
The login form’s action attribute should have the same ReturnUrl parameter (either as hidden input or as part of Url) so that FormsAuthentication can pick it up and redirect, e.g.
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