ASP.NET Form Authentication: RoleProvider Configuration Exception

Question

I implemented custom membership and role provider in my MVC4 web app, which utilizes forms authentication. I followed Matt Wrock's implementation, but I'm receiving the config error below.

At first I thought it might be that the type variable was not fully qualified, but that was not the problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

Source Error:

Line 27:       <providers>
Line 28:         <clear />
Line 29:         <add name="AdminRoleProvider" type="MyProject.Common.Security.AdminRoleProvider" />
Line 30:       </providers>
Line 31:     </roleManager>

Source File: C:\Dev\MyProject\web.config Line: 29

Answer 1

I managed to solve the problem.

The AdminRoleProvider threw an error upon invocation. The exception was swallowed and merely displayed as a "Configuration Error".