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Johnny G 69 · November 4 '08, 02:36 AM (#1)

Hi there, I have recently been designing a website for me and my friends and i am wondering if i am able to make passwords and accounts for each of us on the website or to restrict certian pages without a password..I'm pretty sure this is an ASP and .NET issue but I am extremely unfamiliar to these and would like so help

bfsog · November 4 '08, 05:54 AM (#2)

Sorry I do not follow

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i am wondering if i am able to make passwords and accounts

slightly contradicts

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restrict certian pages without a password

Can you clarify what you want to achieve?

Johnny G 69 · November 4 '08, 12:19 PM (#3)

oh yes sorry, i didnt proof read that.. basically what i want to acheive is having a login system similar to like what this site has, across the top have a name and password then they can log in to the site and access other pages that normal visitors wouldnt

bfsog · November 4 '08, 12:27 PM (#4)

Do you have any experience with ASP.NET and any Database system?

I wrote a simple script for a friend a while back which uses an SQL Server 2005 table for authentication, you could use that.

Or, if your host does not have an SQL Server database, I modified that script to authenticate against values in an array.

Choosing which route to go down is really up to you. Maintencance wise (adding/deleting users) you should opt for the Database version.

Let us know what your host supports.

Johnny G 69 · November 4 '08, 12:39 PM (#5)

ok the site is hosted through powerpipe.. i have the basic service from them which according to their services chart supports everything except My SQL..And to answer your question i have absolutely no experience with any of this infact this website i have designed i have just taught myself everything http://www.undisputedforceclan.com
if you want to check it out i bet it needs lots of work and people have plenty of suggestions and this problem at hand is one of the suggestions i recieved

bfsog · November 4 '08, 03:16 PM (#6)

Okay, I am not familar with Powerpipe.

If you can ask your host or confirm if you have an ASP.NET enabled host and that your host has an SQL Server database setup.

If you were to opt for the version which uses arrays then you would only need an ASP.NET enabled host.

matth76 · November 10 '08, 06:06 PM (#7)

A small database would be my answer which then puts the user details into a session or cookie so it retains it throughout the site that way you are not looking up data in the database on each page. You could then use a session lookup page and use it as an include file for restricted pages and on this page do a session lookup and if the session is not found redirect the un-authorised visitor to the login page.

zingmatter · January 6 '09, 06:09 PM (#8)

If you're using .net and have a SQL Server database then the best thing to do is use the built in .net membership API - it's secure and has prebuilt log in, log out, password reset and the rest.

Worth looking into (plenty online to read around if you google it).

~~jamesparker100~~ · March 13 '10, 06:04 AM (#9)

Yes you can make login and password for asp.net web application. Also you can restrict the pages with without the password. This can be handle with Session, as server side state management. You need to login once after then you store that variable in session and compare the dedicated pages if (Session["username"]=="James") then disable certain options over the menu.

Regards

zingmatter · March 13 '10, 05:28 PM (#10)

With .Net membership, if you keep role specific pages in distinct directories then you can use a web.config file in each directory to control access rather than relying on sessions to enforce security.

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ASP or .NET help please