Test for authentication from client using asp.net and ajax

Question

From the client, is there a way to get a true/false value from an asp.net page to show you have authorization to access the page. Using Forms Authentication I get redirected to a login page. I just need a simple boolean.

Aaron

Answer 1

I would go for User.Identity.IsAuthenticated

Answer 2

All of these methods that are mentioned are Server Side Asp.net Calls. If you would want to do this from the client side I would create a Generic Handler to wrap the Page.User.IsInRole("YourRoleName") or System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.IsInRole("YourRoleName") calls.

Then you could just use javascript to call the handler and return the result.