Asp.net-mvc – default login url on HttpUnauthorizedResult in asp.net mvc

asp.net-mvcauthenticationcustom-attributesforms-authentication

I have written a custom AuthorizeAttribute which has the following condition in asp.net mvc3 application:

public override void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
{     
    //auth failed, redirect to Sign In
    if (!filterContext.HttpContext.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
    {
       filterContext.Result = new HttpUnauthorizedResult();
    }
}

And in my web.config, i have:

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="~/User/SignIn" timeout="2880" />
</authentication>

On authentication fail, it redirects to "/Account/Login" page by default.

How do i change this default redirect url and redirect it to "/User/SignIn"?

The screenshot shows the clear view of what i am trying to say.. HttpUnauthorizedresult image

Though i have set '/User/SignIn', it redirects to '/Account/Login'

Best Answer

I am not sure whether i can add this as an answer. But this may help others who were having this related issue.

I got the solution after a struggle. I have added WebMatrix.WebData reference recently, which seems to be the real culprit of this issue. This can be handled by adding the key to your config file:

<add key="loginUrl" value="~/User/SignIn" />

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From the readme word doc for RC1 (not indexed by google)

ASP.NET Compiler Post-Build Step

Currently, errors within a view file are not detected until run time. To let you detect these errors at compile time, ASP.NET MVC projects now include an MvcBuildViews property, which is disabled by default. To enable this property, open the project file and set the MvcBuildViews property to true, as shown in the following example:

<Project ToolsVersion="3.5" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <MvcBuildViews>true</MvcBuildViews>
  </PropertyGroup>

Note Enabling this feature adds some overhead to the build time.

You can update projects that were created with previous releases of MVC to include build-time validation of views by performing the following steps:

Open the project file in a text editor.
Add the following element under the top-most <PropertyGroup> element: <MvcBuildViews>true</MvcBuildViews>
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<Target Name="AfterBuild" Condition="'$(MvcBuildViews)'=='true'">
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For MVC v5.1 use Html.EnumDropDownListFor

@Html.EnumDropDownListFor(
    x => x.YourEnumField,
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For MVC v5 use EnumHelper

@Html.DropDownList("MyType", 
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   new { @class = "form-control" })

For MVC 5 and lower

I rolled Rune's answer into an extension method:

namespace MyApp.Common
{
    public static class MyExtensions{
        public static SelectList ToSelectList<TEnum>(this TEnum enumObj)
            where TEnum : struct, IComparable, IFormattable, IConvertible
        {
            var values = from TEnum e in Enum.GetValues(typeof(TEnum))
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        }
    }
}

This allows you to write:

ViewData["taskStatus"] = task.Status.ToSelectList();

by using MyApp.Common