What´s the easiest way for a user authentication in SharePoint 2010

Question

Hi, does anybody have a manuel that describes the steps to create an anonymous user authentication in SharePoint 2010 (Website for the internet with no authentication). For editing an admin has to log in with forms authentication. Can I hold the admin somewhere in the web.config with membership provider ? Or do I need to install SQL Server somewhere for that task ?

Thanx a lot. Stephan

Answer 1

Ah - you need SQL Server installed somewhee ANYWAY - SharePoint makes heavy use of SQL Server.

Answer 2

I would think that any valid ASP.NET membership provider should work with SharePoint, so in theory you should be able to write your own XML-based or text-based provider and store the admin username and password there.

But it's too much work and a bit risky. And in all honesty I would personally avoid trying anything like that since SharePoint is a complex enough behemoth by itself.

Since you only want an admin to be able to modify the website, it's probably a lot easier to just use the Active Directory provider and create a user in AD for the admin if one doesn't already exist.

HTH