Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. By the way, I'm not so sure what Authentication Mode 'none' buys you?
>From: Dumitru Sbenghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: dotnet discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [DOTNET] why no Session in Application_BeginRequest >Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:16:52 +0300 > >Why you try to do this in the ASP style, when you have ASP.NET; >Read about web.config/authentication/authorization; > >Here you have a sample from a web.config file, which protect all the pages >from a ASP.NET application and use the Forms >authentication mode; > > <!-- AUTHENTICATION > This section sets the authentication policies of >the application. >Possible modes are "Windows", "Forms", > "Passport" and "None" > --> > <authentication mode="Forms"> > <forms name="CookieName" path="/" loginUrl="login.aspx" >protection="All"></forms> > </authentication> > <authorization> > <deny users="?"/> <!-- Deny anonymous users --> > <allow users="*"/> <!-- Allow all users which is not >anonymous--> > </authorization> > >In login.aspx you can do any authentication you want (from any data >source); > >Dumitru > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Pete B > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:41 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [DOTNET] why no Session in Application_BeginRequest > > > > > > I want to validate that a user's session has not timed out OR that a >user > > has logged in succesfully ( by checking Session info ) before the user's > > request is processed, and redirect the user to the login page if > > necessary. > > At the same time, if the user is logged in, I want to put some of > > the user's > > info in the CallContext so that it can be used throughtout the > > call in other > > assemblies. > > > > At what point can I do this? it seems that Session is not available > > in Application_beginRequest. I tried making a ASPX page base class and > > handling in Page_Load, but other events can fire before that ( i.e. > > mycontrol_init ) leaving me stranded without my user info. > > > > any suggestions? > > > > (I'd like to keep this code out of ASPX pages) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, >or > > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > >You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or >subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
