There are two types of Role Providers offered in Sitefinity:
1) Telerik.DataAccess.AspnetProviders.TelerikRoleProvider
2) Telerik.Security.ActiveDirectory.TelerikADRoleProvider
TelerikRoleProvider
The TelerikRoleProvider is similar to the System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, but works with Nolics to use the Sitefinity application
database. The Telerik provider makes queries against both the tables with users and with roles: Telerik_users, Telerik_roles and
Telerik_UsersInRoles. Users and roles are set per application. Information about applications is provided in the Telerik_Application
table.
Changes in the web.config File
To change the default membership and role providers for the entire CMS, the following settings should be made in the web.config file.
The cmsProvidersName property sets the membership and role providers used by the UserManager class (manages users and roles in Sitefinity).
Change the cmsProvidersName in:
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<telerik>
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<security defaultProvider="DefaultSecurityProvider" cmsProvidersName="Sitefinity">
...
</security>
</telerik>
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The membershipProvider and roleProvider properties in the default security provider set the providers used in the
SecurityManager class (manages permissions in Sitefinity). Change the MembershipProvider and RoleProvider of
DefaultSecurityProvider:
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<telerik>
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<security defaultProvider="DefaultSecurityProvider" cmsProvidersName="Sitefinity">
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<providers>
<clear/>
<add name="DefaultSecurityProvider"
connectionStringName="DefaultConnection"
type="Telerik.Security.Data.DefaultSecurityProvider, Telerik.Security.Data"
membershipProvider="Sitefinity"
roleProvider="Sitefinity"
/>
</providers>
</security
...
</telerik>
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TelerikADRoleProvider
The Telerik Active Directory Role Provider inherits the class System.Web.Security.RoleProvider and works with Active Directory data source.
Using Telerik AD membership and Telerik AD role providers is the easiest combination when working with Active Directory data source in Sitefinity.
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For more information on Active Directory implementation in Sitefinity, see Active Directory |
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