using session with forms authentication

ssjannesar

Hi, I am currently implementing forms authentication and wanted to know how I can use a sessions to check if the user is logged in, then redirect the user to the login page or the requested page depending on the session. I know that the user is always directed to the login url first in forms authentication, so I wanted to check the session so the user wouldn't have to sign in again if they are already signed in or want to open a second window. thanks

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ssjannesar21y ago
What i wanted to do with forms authentication was, have it so that after the user logs in once and then if that user opens a second window he would not be asked to login as long as the original window was open, because the current session would be authenticated already. I wanted to implement this using sessions, by checking to see if the current session was authenticated and if it was redirect them to the requested page, otherwise redirect them to the login page again. My question was how i can declare and use a session variable to check if the session was authenticated.
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sacresp21y ago
ssj, what is it that you want to do? Doesn't forms auth do all the things you need automatically?
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pavithran21y ago
Hi Maintain a session variable(flag like hasLogged),set hasLogged when ever the user logins first time.This flag value persists till the session timeout time. Hope its usefull, /
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