alexey, dominick, thanks for the reply. perhaps i should clarify.
authorization is already controlled via web.config in as much as possible.
the 'reports.aspx' page is accessible to anyone, as defined in web.config,
however since i am using querystring parameters to refer to stored
procedures, i perform an additional security check to verify the user's
access to the querystring supplied. Since i have fully specified the access
rules in web.sitemap, i am using the roles defined here to decide if the
user should be able to access a certain URL. the example below illustrates:
<sitemapnode Url="reports.aspx?sp=PublicReport1" Roles="*" />
<sitemapnode Url="reports.aspx?sp=PrivateReport1" Roles="Admins" />
<sitemapnode Url="reports.aspx?sp=PrivateReport2" Roles="Admins" />
reports.aspx currently enumerates the roles specified in web.sitemap to
validate the request. i guess i will have to handle the * wildcard role
manually. my scenario is fairly non-standard, i would accept that, although
my reports page is invaluable: it dynamically generates UI controls to match
parameters for any SP, and then binds the results to an enhanced GridView
with built-in excel export etc. (or sends the parameters to a specified
crystal report).
thanks
tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dominick Baier" <dbaier@pleasepleasenospam_leastprivilege.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.security
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: User.IsInRole with * wildcard, web.sitemap etc.
> You don't specify any authorization requirements in web.sitemap!!!
>
> You use the <authorization> element in web.config for that - the sitemap
> just uses this information - and the role attribute in the sitemap file
> allows to override the information found in the authorization element for
> visual presentation.
>
>
> -----
> Dominick Baier (http://www.leastprivilege.com)
>
> Developing More Secure Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications
> (http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/9989.asp)
>
>> hi,
>> User.IsInRole method appears not to work with the web.sitemap * 'all
>> roles'
>> wildcard. is this by design? do i have to handle wildcards manually?
>> ideally User.IsInRole("*") would return true if the user is in any
>> role. an
>> example is below to illustrate.
>> i have a sitemap node like so:
>> <siteMapNode title="Report xyz" description="etc"
>> url="Reports.aspx?sp=XYZ"
>> roles="*">
>> since i'm using the querystring to specify a sproc, i make sure to
>> verify that the user is allowed to access it, as defined in
>> web.sitemap. so i have code in Reports.aspx that goes like:
>>
>> foreach (string role in siteMapNode.Roles)
>> if (User.IsInRole(role))
>> return; // OK
>> thanks for any help
>> tim
>
>
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