Roles.CookiePath Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Security

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Gets the path for the cached role names cookie.

public:
 static property System::String ^ CookiePath { System::String ^ get(); };

public static string CookiePath { get; }

static member CookiePath : string

Public Shared ReadOnly Property CookiePath As String

Property Value

String

The path of the cookie where role names are cached. The default is /.

Examples

The following example shows the roleManager element in the system.web section of the Web.config file for an ASP.NET application. It specifies that the application uses a SqlRoleProvider instance and sets the cookiePath attribute to /MyApplication.

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

Remarks

You can specify the path of the cookie where roles are cached for your application by setting the cookiePath attribute in the Web.config file for your ASP.NET application. For more information on cookie paths, see Path.

See also

• Understanding ASP.NET Role Management