easy login mechanism for demo purposes

When you need to prepare a quick demo for a few users and you have not implemented your login mechanism yet, you can easily add forms authentication to you asp.net web application.

a simple login form (.aspx file)

<p>

        <asp:Label ID="UserNameLabel" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="UserName">Username:</asp:Label>

        <asp:TextBox ID="UserName" runat="server" CssClass="textEntry"></asp:TextBox>

    </p>

    <p>

        <asp:Label ID="PasswordLabel" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="Password">Password:</asp:Label>

        <asp:TextBox ID="Password" runat="server" CssClass="passwordEntry" TextMode="Password"></asp:TextBox>

    </p>

server side (aspx.cs file):

         protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            if (FormsAuthentication.Authenticate(this.UserName.Text, this.Password.Text))

            {

                FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(this.UserName.Text, true);

            }

        }

add the following lines to web.config file:

     <authentication mode="Forms">

      <forms loginUrl="~/menu/Login.aspx"  defaultUrl="~/menu/MenuMyApp.aspx" timeout="2880" cookieless="AutoDetect">

        <credentials passwordFormat="Clear">

          <user name="demo1" password="1"/>

          <user name="demo2" password="2"/>

        </credentials>

      </forms>

    </authentication>

    <authorization>

      <deny users="?"/>

    </authorization>

Your demo app is secure now.. Demo users can only login with the credentials specified.

For original article: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/98950/ASP-NET-authentication-and-authorization#5 steps to enable authentication and authorization using Windows