How to install Form Based Authentication in SharePoint 2010

Question

I would like users to have the ability of signing in without being Windows users. This means, either using Form Based Authentication or a better option, which I'm now aware right now.

Could anybody tell me how to install FBA in Share Point 2010, or recommend me a good article about it?

I've read several articles about this, but almost all of them tell me to modify several web.config files, and I really don't like the idea of touching things without being sure of what I'm doing.

Note: I'm not using Active Directory...just in case.

EDIT:

I've followed this tutorial, but I still cannot sign in using FBA. Also, I've noticed I don't have any users on SQL-Auth database (it's explained in that tutorial). Is that normal, or automatic?

Thanks, Brian

Answer 1

I read quite a few articles about FBA configuration and followed instruction provided by them. But it wasn't until I found Configuring Forms Based Authentication for SharePoint 2010 using IIS7 I finally managed to make FBA work - I highly recommend this article.

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The users are not created automatically - you can create them:

• using IIS Manager,
• programmatically (Membership.CreateUser),
• using the MembershipSeeder tool mentioned in the tutorial you linked in your question.

Answer 2

This one has lots of screenshots and step-by-step explanations and might be helpful too.

http://kbochevski.blogspot.com/2011/01/setup-fba-for-sharepoint-2010-using-vs.html