isInRole doesn't work for one user, but works for everyone else

From: petersonrj (petersonrj_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/17/04

  • Next message: Dominick Baier: "isInRole doesn't work for one user, but works for everyone else" 
    Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 11:55:03 -0700

    I have an ASP.NET/C# application in which I verify that the current user is a
    member of a list of roles before giving them access to particular functions
    of the application (read vs update). I am using the IsInRole method of the
    IPrincipal object to check for role membership. Currently, I am just
    checking the domain/username against a list of domain/usernames, and will
    eventually created Groups.

    This is working well for all users, except one. Although my application is
    correctly identifying this user with the correct domain/username, the
    isinrole call returns false.

    My code is below:

    from the .aspx.cs:

    private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
             if (!((Security)(Application["security"])).userInRole("edit",
    HttpContext.Current.User))
            edit = false;
            else
            edit = true;

                    
    }

    This code is from a C# object (called "Security") and is called from the
    page above:

    public Boolean userInRole(String role, IPrincipal principal)
    {
         Boolean inRole = false;
       
    AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetPrincipalPolicy(PrincipalPolicy.WindowsPrincipal);

      //get users from hashtable
      String[] users = (String[])securityRolesMap[role];
                            
      //loop through users to see is the current user matches
                                    
        for(int i=0;i< users.Length;i++)
        {
            String user = users[i];
            if (principal.IsInRole(users[i].ToLower()))
            {
                        inRole = true;
                break;
            }
        }
                            
            return inRole;

    }

    Any ideas why this would work okay for everyone except one user?

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