Authentication Controls
ASP.NET 2.0 ships with seven authentication-related composite controls such as the Login control (which provides a standard user interface for implementing Forms Authentication) and the PasswordRecovery control (which allows retrieval of a user's password). These controls can be seen within the Login tab of the Visual Studio 2005 toolbox.
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As MCMS has its own user management system that does not provide a supported API, only three of these controls can be used with MCMS applications:
Login:provides the necessary user interface for Forms Authentication.LoginStatus:provides a Login or Logout hyperlink depending upon the user's current logon status.LoginName:displays the name of the currently logged-on user.
The LoginName control can be used directly without modification in MCMS applications regardless of their authentication mode to display the name of the currently logged-on user. The LoginStatus control, however, has no useful purpose unless Forms Authentication...
