ASP.Net Logins

I have some experience using the ASP.net Login feature in VS 2008, but I've never actually created one. So I figured, what the heck, why not make a page and see how it's done.

I'm a bit annoyed at every MS page on this because not a single one mention you have to create the database first. I knew that you did, but they don't explain how, or even how to connect it. So my post is merely to connect those articles together. This is probably more of a reference for me, because it annoys me when something should be really simple, but is complicated only from a lack of good documentation.

A few notes not listed in the documentation are after installing the Database you will need to go into IIS and change the connection string for the ASP.NET of your site to the database that was create, or the one you adjusted if you made one yourself. Also it turns out that the default identity setting for the DefaultAppPool in IIS 7 is set to ApplicationPoolIdentity and not NetworkService.

http://www.codetoday.net/default.aspx?g=posts&t=1595

Then you can go into the Web Site Administration Tool and finish setting things up.

Creating the Application Services Database for SQL Server

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x28wfk74.aspx

Walkthrough: Creating a Web Site with Membership and User Login

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/879kf95c(v=VS.90).aspx