c# - Role based security asp.net mvc

Question

I'm interested in knowing what are the best practices for using role based security in MVC:
how to secure your actions and make them accessible by specific roles only?

Answer 1

If you setup your ASP.Net membership provider correctly, you can easily use the [Authorize]-attribute to specify access for different roles or users.

To require users to login, use:

[Authorize]
public class SomeController : Controller

// Or
[Authorize]
public ActionResult SomeAction()

To restrict access for specific roles, use:

[Authorize(Roles = "Admin, User")]
public class SomeController : Controller

// Or
[Authorize(Roles = "Admin, User")]
public ActionResult SomeAction()

And to restrict access for specific users, use:

[Authorize(Users = "Charles, Linus")]
public class SomeController : Controller

// Or
[Authorize(Users = "Charles, Linus")]
public ActionResult SomeAction()