This is something very strange that I haven't seen before. Hopefully someone can shed some light. Basically I have an ASP.NET application running without issues on it's own domain (let's say
www.test.com). I am currently in the process of adding some functionality to it. I am not experiencing any issues with the version running locally on the development machine.
The problem I am experiencing is that when I upload the application to a sub-folder (let's say
www.test.com/update/), I have a problem with the forms authentication. I log in as a user and seem to be authenticated correctly but the code that changes one of the menu options from Login to Logout doesn't execute.
The menu generation code looks like this:
[PHP]public static string CreateTopMenu()
{
StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
// ... Code omitted for clarity.
if (IsUserLoggedIn())
{
output.Append("<li><a href=\"Logout.aspx\">Logout</a></li>");
}
else
{
output.Append("<li><a href=\"Login.aspx\">Login</a></li>");
}
// ... Code omitted for clarity.
return output.ToString();
}[/PHP]
The IsUserLoggedIn code looks like this:
[PHP]public static bool IsUserLoggedIn()
{
if (HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}[/PHP]
The login code looks like this:
[PHP]private void cmdSubmit_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// ... Code omitted for clarity.
if (ValidateUser(txtUserName.Text, txtUserPassword.Text))
{
FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(txtUserName.Text, false);
}
// ... Code omitted for clarity.
}[/PHP]
CreateTopMenu() and IsUserLoggedIn() are static methods in a utility class as they are referenced in various places whereas cmdSubmit_Click() is part of a page called Login.aspx.
When a user logs in successfully, I save some information about them to a Session variable. This information is being saved as expected in all versions of the application. Is there any reason why the HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated value should be false even after a user has logged in? Does this have anything to do with the fact that the application is running in a subfolder rather than the root of the domain?
Any help with this is greatly appreciated as it has me quite confused.
