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Jay
Jay

Reputation: 3082

MVC4 Roles Authentication Groups

I have been trying to implement role based security on my MVC4 application so that some controller actions are blocked to non admin members. I have found this information page on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5k850zwb%28v=vs.100%29.aspx

Can someone tell me where would be the best place to great the admin group itself using the following line:

Roles.CreateRole("Admin");

I know I want to check my user database table and check the IsAdmin column on the Home Controller Index but I am not sure about where to create the actual Admin role itself. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 528

Answers (1)

Amin Saqi
Amin Saqi

Reputation: 18967

Just add it manually to webpages_Roles table of your database.

If you want to do it programatically, add it to the InitializeSimpleMembershipAttribute.cs file into the Filters folder, below the folloing line:

WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection("DefaultConnection", "UserProfile", "UserId", "UserName", autoCreateTables: true);        

// here it REALLY is...!
if (!Roles.RoleExists("Admin"))
    Roles.CreateRole("Admin");

Upvotes: 1

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