asp login, I need help please!! Newbie

[Patrick Hill]

Hey, I am running a server 2003 website that uses basic
authentication. I installed a asp web application that requires a
login and password. Is there a way that I can use alter the code on
the login page of the web application to accept the credentials of our
website basic authentication? If so how can I do it. This is my
first time trying anything like this and any help would be greatly
appretated.

Thanks
Patrick

 

[Rick Strahl [MVP]]

Hi Patrick,

Sure, the old fashioned way <g>

You need to send an Http header to prompt for basic auth then check the
Remote_User var for a logged in value:

string RemoteUser =Request.ServerVariables["Remote_User"];
if (RemoteUser == null || RemoteUser.Length == 0)
{
Response.Clear();
Response.StatusCode = 401;
Response.StatusDescription="Unauthorized";
Response.AddHeader("WWW-Authenticate","BASIC");
Response.End();
}

.... logged in code...


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[Patrick Hill]

Rick,
Thanks for the response. Should I create a new page with that code or
should I add it to the exsisting login page of the web app?

 

[Rick Strahl [MVP]]

Just add the code at the top of the Page_Load code. The IF block should
proceed any code that needs to fire that requires validation.


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West Wind Technologies
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http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/