Apologies and Thanks in advance for this question! I am still new to SO.
I have been working on a web application using MVC5, EF6, and VS 2013.
I spent some time upgrading to the RC bits once released. Thanks to all the great posts out there: eg. Decoupling Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.* and Updating asp.net MVC from 5.0.0-beta2 to 5.0.0-rc1 !
In my infinite wisdom, I decided to move to the RTM bits that @Hao Kung posted about here: How can I get early access to upcoming Asp.Net Identity changes?. I figured I would save the trouble and not be too far behind when we finally receive the RTM build.
This has either been a nightmare, or I am just completely missing something (or both) as I can not figure out basic tasks that had been working with the RC1 stuff.
While it seems like I am logging the user in via the controller (Where is Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin.AuthenticationManager in Asp.Net Identity RTM version?) ... my WindowsIdentity is always empty and not authenticated after I call SignIn. The user and claimsIdentity object are correctly populated.
Here is the action method I am calling (moved properties to local variables for completeness):
[HttpPost, AllowAnonymous, ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public virtual async Task<ActionResult> Login(LoginViewModel model, string returnUrl)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid) {
var userManager = new UserManager<EtdsUser>(new UserStore<EtdsUser>(new EtdsContext()));
var user = userManager.Find(model.UserName, model.Password);
if (user != null) {
var authenticationManager = HttpContext.GetOwinContext().Authentication;
authenticationManager.SignOut(new[] {DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalCookie, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalBearer});
var claimsIdentity = await userManager.CreateIdentityAsync(user, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);
authenticationManager.SignIn(new AuthenticationProperties { IsPersistent = model.RememberMe}, claimsIdentity);
return RedirectToLocal(returnUrl);
}
}
ModelState.AddModelError("", "The user name or password provided is incorrect.");
return View(model);
}
(On a side note: I do not need to log in external users at this time.)
Any suggestions? -or- Should I roll back all my changes and just wait until VS 2013 is RTMd?
Update, refactored code to make it closer to @Hao Kung's original reply. However I still do not end up with a valid user identity. I think my AuthenticationManager is not assigned correctly?
AuthenticationManger is now defined as:
public IAuthenticationManager AuthenticationManager { get { return HttpContext.GetOwinContext().Authentication; } }
SignInAsync is now a separate method:
private async Task SignInAsync(EtdsUser user, bool isPersistent)
{
AuthenticationManager.SignOut(DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalCookie);
var claimsIdentity = await _userManager.CreateIdentityAsync(user, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);
AuthenticationManager.SignIn(new AuthenticationProperties { IsPersistent = isPersistent}, claimsIdentity);
}
After "SignOut", the debugger shows:
AuthenticationManager.User.Identity
{System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity}
[System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]: {System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity}
AuthenticationType: ""
IsAuthenticated: false
Name: ""
The "claimsIdentity" is then:
claimsIdentity
{System.Security.Claims.ClaimsIdentity}
Actor: null
AuthenticationType: "ApplicationCookie"
BootstrapContext: null
Claims: {System.Security.Claims.ClaimsIdentity.get_Claims}
IsAuthenticated: true
Label: null
Name: "alon"
NameClaimType: "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name"
RoleClaimType: "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2008/06/identity/claims/role"
"SignIn" does not change anything:
AuthenticationManager.User.Identity
{System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity}
[System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]: {System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity}
AuthenticationType: ""
IsAuthenticated: false
Name: ""
Still no Authentication, but seems that no errors are thrown.
As answered by @Hao Kung, changed StartUp.Auth.cs from:
var authOptions = new CookieAuthenticationOptions { ExpireTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromHours(4.0)};
app.UseCookieAuthentication(authOptions);
To:
var authOptions = new CookieAuthenticationOptions {
AuthenticationType = DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie,
LoginPath = new PathString("/Account/Login"),
ExpireTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromHours(4.0)
}; ...