MVC 5 Custom Identification

Question

User-1623772110 posted

Hi,

I've a mvc5 application with a custom login. Nothing crazy I just get username and password from a MongoDB then I do my check.

        [HttpPost]
        [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
        public ActionResult Login ( LoginViewModel vm )
        {
            try
            {
                if ( !ModelState.IsValid )
                    return View ( );

                var db = new MongoDb ( );
                var user = db.GetUser ( vm.Email.Trim ( ) );

                if ( user == null )
                    return View ( "Home" );

                string oldHash = user.Hash;
                byte [ ] salt = user.Salt;

                bool isLogin = Security.CompareHashValue ( vm.Password, vm.Email, oldHash, salt );

                if ( !isLogin )
                {
                    TempData [ "ErrorMSG" ] = "Access Denied! Wrong Credential";
                    return View ( vm );
                }

                SignInRemember ( vm.Email, vm.RememberMe );

                FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie ( vm.Email, false );

                Session [ "User" ] = vm;

                return RedirectToAction ( "Index", "Dashboard" );

Now till I'm in the same controller isAuthenticated is true but when I go do the Dashboard/Index

class Dashboard {
...
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        bool auth = User.Identity.IsAuthenticated;

is false and if I use the [Authorized] decorator the user cannot access to the ActionResult.

I think that everything is right but I would like to let things works :-)

Thank you

Answer 1

User1686398519 posted

Hi,  Salvodif

You need to add the following configuration in the "web.config" if you use FormsAuthentication.

 <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.7.2" />
    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.7.2" />
	  <authentication mode="Forms">
		  <forms loginUrl="Dashboard/Login" timeout="2880" />
	  </authentication>
  </system.web>

Here is the result.

Best Regards,

YihuiSun