providers Element for roleManager (ASP.NET Settings Schema) 

Defines a collection of role providers for role management.

<providers>
   <add />
   <clear/>
   <remove />
</providers>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
add	Optional element. Adds a role provider instance to the collection of role management providers.
clear	Optional element. Removes all references to inherited role management providers allowing only those added by the current add element.
remove	Optional element. Removes a reference to an inherited provider from the collection of role management providers.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	The required root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
system.web	Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration section.
roleManager	Configures an application for role management.

Remarks

The providers element defines a collection of role providers for role management.

For information about accessing and modifying configuration values for the roleManager element in application code, see the RoleManagerSection class as well as the following Role Providers: WindowsTokenRoleProvider, SqlRoleProvider.

Default Configuration

The following default element element is configured in the machine configuration file.

<roleManager>
   <providers>
      <add name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" applicationName="/" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
        <add name="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider" applicationName="/" type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> 
   </providers>
</roleManager>

Example

The following example shows an ASP.NET application configured to use the SqlRoleProvider class to store and retrieve role information.

<configuration>
  <system.web>
      <roleManager defaultProvider="SqlProvider" 
                   enabled="true"
                   cacheRolesInCookie="true"
                   cookieName=".ASPROLES"
                   cookieTimeout="30"
                   cookiePath="/"
                   cookieRequireSSL="false"
                   cookieSlidingExpiration="true"
                   cookieProtection="All" >
        <providers>
          <add
            name="SqlProvider"
            type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider"
            connectionStringName="SqlServices" 
            applicationName="SampleApplication" />
            
        </providers>
      </roleManager>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration Section Handler	RoleManagerSection
Configuration Member	Providers
Configurable Locations	Machine.config Root level Web.config Application level Web.config
Requirements	IIS 5.0, IIS 5.1, or IIS 6.0 .NET Framework 2.0 Visual Studio 2003, or Visual Studio 2005

See Also

Tasks

How to: Configure Specific Directories Using Location Settings
How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Reference

roleManager Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
add Element for providers for roleManager (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
clear Element for providers for roleManager (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
remove Element for providers for roleManager (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
System.Configuration
System.Web.Configuration
RoleManagerSection
RoleManager

Concepts

Understanding ASP.NET Role Management
Securing ASP.NET Configuration
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios

Other Resources

General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
ASP.NET Reference
Configuring ASP.NET Applications
ASP.NET Configuration API