Odd ASP.NET Web Configuration Error!

[Nick]

Can someone please explain why?

In VS2005, I created a starter kit personal website. Then used web
configuration tool to setup user / roles etc (just like it says to in the
welcome screen)... Everything is nice and happy.

Now, I got to fiddling with other things... As part of that fiddling, I
removed the LocalSQLServer entry from the GLOBAL settings on my local web
server. (don't ask why..)

Later I load up VS2005, open my website project... view in browser... looks
just like it did yesterday... I even use the website to test uploading a
photo and registering a new user... all is right in the world.

Next, I open up .NET Web Admin tool... go to the security tab and attempt to
create a third user... I get "An error was encountered. Please return to the
previous page and try again." with no additional explanation at all. I
click the back button... I find my other two users...they're still there. I
look at the roles....they're still there. I even added a new role...
"Enemies"

Ok so I tired a number of different things... but create user always brings
up the unhelpful error message, and most of the other admin tasks work fine.

On a hunch, I put back the LocalSQLServer entry, and re-launched VS 2005 and
Web Admin... Now "Create User" works again...

What gives? Why does it need (but not use) the global entry if my local
application overrides it?

 

[Christopher Reed]

The default for the security functionality under the Web Admin tool is to
use the LocalSQLServer entry. Your security settings has to be stored
somewhere, so you have to a data repository. You can remove the global
setting, but it still has to be replaced by something else. Look at some of
the MSDN documentation regarding the Web Admin tool.