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ASP.NET 'Guest' Membership

Is it possible to specify what is returned by RoleProvider.GetRoles() if a user is not logged in? I was thinking in case of a 'Guest' user account.

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RolePrincipal.GetRoles needs to know who the user is in order to return the Roles it belongs to.

Oded  2010-01-15 16:48:53
So then is there any way to add a 'Guest' role of some sort if there is nothing for it to lookup?
Stacey  2010-01-15 16:56:07
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You could implement a custom role provider and override the GetRolesForUser method to return a guest role if no username is passed.

Sheff  2010-01-15 17:37:27
I've tried that. If no username is provided the method doesn't even fire.
Stacey  2010-01-15 18:24:32
The problem is that I was calling System.Web.Security.Roles.GetRolesForUser - instead of System.Web.Security.Roles.Provider.GetRolesForUser. Thank you.
Stacey  2010-01-15 19:09:04

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