Hi all, Take 2.
I am using ADAM, which is lightweight Active Directory Application Mode, to store both users and roles using the role and membership providers from ASP.Net. I have created an Authorisation Store for storing the roles, and I have a user container for all the users, which I can see when I use ADSI Edit. When I use the Web Administration Tool, I am able to create a user using the wizard (which ignores roles) and I am able to add roles successfully via the Create Role link. But when I try to create a user using the create user link, it crashes with the following exception: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. at System.Web.Administration.WebAdminPage.CallWebAdminHelperMethod(Boolean isMembership, String methodName, Object[] parameters, Type[] paramTypes) at ASP.security_users_adduser_aspx.UpdateRoleMembership(String u, CheckBox box) in c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 \ASP.NETWebAdminFiles\Security\Users\addUser.aspx:line 63 at ASP.security_users_adduser_aspx.UpdateRoleMembership(String u) in c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 \ASP.NETWebAdminFiles\Security\Users\addUser.aspx:line 52 at ASP.security_users_adduser_aspx.CreatedUser(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 \ASP.NETWebAdminFiles\Security\Users\addUser.aspx:line 13 at System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.OnCreatedUser(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.AttemptCreateUser() at System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.OnNextButtonClick(WizardNavigationEventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Wizard.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Wizard.WizardChildTable.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) at System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnCommand(CommandEventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent (String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent (NameValueCollection postData) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) The User does get created, but it's the adding and removing of roles for that user that causes the problem. I believe this is because there is currently no way to reference the user objects from within the authorization store. This is the bit I'm missing - how to create a link between the authorization store and the users OU. On further research it has been suggested that ADAM can't be used for both roles and users without writing my own custom provider. If anyone has any further info on this it would be helpful. Regards, Tony
