providers Element for roleManager (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Defines a collection of role providers for role management.
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
roleManager Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
providers Element for roleManager (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<providers> <add /> <clear/> <remove /> </providers>
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.
Attributes
None.
Child Elements
Element | Description |
|---|---|
add | Optional element. Adds a role provider instance to the collection of role management providers. |
clear | Optional element. Removes all references to inherited role management providers allowing only those added by the current add element. |
remove | Optional element. Removes a reference to an inherited provider from the collection of role management providers. |
Parent Elements
Element | Description |
|---|---|
configuration | The required root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications. |
system.web | Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration section. |
roleManager | Configures an application for role management. |
The providers element defines a collection of role providers for role management.
For information about accessing and modifying configuration values for the roleManager element in application code, see the RoleManagerSection class as well as the following Role Providers: WindowsTokenRoleProvider, SqlRoleProvider.
Default Configuration
The following default element element is configured in the machine configuration file.
<roleManager>
<providers>
<add name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" applicationName="/" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
<add name="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider" applicationName="/" type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</providers>
</roleManager>
The following example shows an ASP.NET application configured to use the SqlRoleProvider class to store and retrieve role information.
<configuration>
<system.web>
<roleManager defaultProvider="SqlProvider"
enabled="true"
cacheRolesInCookie="true"
cookieName=".ASPROLES"
cookieTimeout="30"
cookiePath="/"
cookieRequireSSL="false"
cookieSlidingExpiration="true"
cookieProtection="All" >
<providers>
<add
name="SqlProvider"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider"
connectionStringName="SqlServices"
applicationName="SampleApplication" />
</providers>
</roleManager>
</system.web>
</configuration>