Using ASP.NET MVC Controller Action with authorized and unauthorized users

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I have an ASP.NET MVC application. This application has a controller that does not have any attributes on it. This controller has a fairly complex action. Up-to-this point, the action has had [AllowAnonymous] on it. Due to its complexity, I want to share this action with both Authorized and Unauthorized users. In the event of an Authorized user, I'm going to add one basic piece to this complex action.

I tried adding [Authorize] as suggested in this post. However, no matter what, User.Identity.IsAuthenticated is always false. I have my own membership database structure. However, I've tied it into the System.Web.Security stuff. So, when someone logs in, I have:

FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(model.Username, model.RememberMe);

This has worked fine up to this point.

How do I allow both authorized and unauthorized users to access a controller action, while identifying if the user is authorized or not? Thank you!

"'User.Identity.IsAuthenticated' is always false" - If you're using your own database structure and you've tied it into the System.Web.Security stuff, are you sure this is being set properly? — anaximander
– anaximander, Commented Apr 12, 2013 at 14:48
Sounds like the question should really be: "Why is User.Identity.IsAuthenticated always returning false?" - and then post your code... — Lee Gunn
– Lee Gunn, Commented Apr 26, 2013 at 10:48

Antevirus · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-26 10:44:18Z

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Try this in your Controller/View:

if(Request.IsAuthenticated) 
{ 
    doAuthenticatedStuff(); 
}
else
{
    doAnonymousStuff();
}

Does that help?

answered Apr 26, 2013 at 10:44

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Hanno Over a year ago

That should do the trick. Probably only the if without the else if I read the start post correctly, but that's just the details. No authoriza attributes required.

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