Roles - Issue with User.IsInRole

Question

I have a register page where the user is assigned to a role as follows once the user clicks on the submit button:

    MembershipUser oMU;

    if (!(Roles.RoleExists("Stream")))
    {
        Roles.CreateRole("Stream");
    }

    oMU = Membership.CreateUser(txtUserName.Text.Trim(), txtPassword.Text.Trim(), txtEmail.Text.Trim());

    Membership.UpdateUser(oMU);

    Roles.AddUserToRole(oMU.UserName, "Stream");

When the user goes to a login screen, I have the following:

When the user logs in, I need to make sure that they indeed are part of that role:

    if (User.IsInRole("Stream"))
    {

    }

but it never goes into the User.IsInRole block. What do I need to do in order to have the user who registered be part of the Role such that it works with User.IsInRole.

Note that I have a folder as such so I need them to be part of the Streaming Role:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
   <configuration>
   <system.web>
    <authorization>
        <deny users="*" />
        <allow roles="Stream" />           
    </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </configuration>

Answer 1

Move <allow roles="Stream" /> above <deny users="*" />. Otherwise, all users will be denied.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
    <authorization>
        <allow roles="Stream" />    
        <deny users="*" />       
    </authorization>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

Make sure to you have membership and RoleManager in web.config

Here is the sample -

<membership defaultProvider="DefaultMembershipProvider">
  <providers>
    <clear/>
    <add name="DefaultMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultMembershipProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="XXXXXSqlConnection" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" requiresUniqueEmail="false" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="6" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="XXXXX"/>
  </providers>
</membership>
<roleManager enabled="true" cacheRolesInCookie="false" defaultProvider="DefaultRoleProvider">
  <providers>
    <clear/>
    <add name="DefaultRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultRoleProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="XXXXXSqlConnection" applicationName="XXXXX"/>
  </providers>
</roleManager>

Answer 2

Try using HttpContext to get current login user:

if (HttpContext.Current.User.IsInRole("Stream"))
{

}