ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool on IIS

Question

Hello I setup my application's users/roles through ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool on production machine. I moved my application from the production computer on IIS of a Windows Server (without Visual Studio installed). When I run the application I don't get the functionality based on roles and login cannot be authenticated . How can I create my users and roles on IIS in order to have the same functionality as on production computer? Thank you in advance.

Francis · Answer

When I try to logon after publishing the project on IIS I get invalid users even though the users exist in the database (aspnetdb.mdf). You didn't explain still: which website you want to access? Either production or your local published website (which is in your local machine). I guess you are trying to access the Production site. At that time you got the error. Try the below tutorial. http://www.asp.net/web-forms/overview/older-versions-getting-started/deploying-web-site-projects/users-and-roles-on-the-production-website-cs Hope this helps!

Francis · Answer

Glad to help Chriz! :)

Chriz L · Answer

Actually the problem was that I didn't have proper rights on app_data folder and aspnetdb.mdf was not accessible . The link is pretty helpful though so I'm marking it as the correct answer. Thank you.

Chriz L · Answer

Thank you for the answer I'll try to explain better myself. I used ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool for Users/Roles which creates aspnetdb.mdf for managing users. I'm using the same SQL Server for both production and publishing. When I try to logon after publishing the project on IIS I get invalid users even though the users exist in the database (aspnetdb.mdf).

Francis · Answer

When I run the application I don't get the functionality based on roles and login cannot be authenticated . Did you mean your local laptop or PC? If so have you had the same DB connected which is pointed in production? How can I create my users and roles on IIS in order to have the same functionality as on production computer? I guess you should connect the same DB which is available in production. Otherwise just take a copy and restore in your local machine. Hope this helps!