FormsAuthenticationTicket, IsPersistent and HttpCookie.Expires
I'm using Forms Authentication and Role based security for an app I'm working on. Ran into a problem that even though I set the IsPersistent parameter of the FormsAuthenticationTicket to true, next time I open the app I have to log in again...
authTkt =
new FormsAuthenticationTicket(1, userId, DateTime.Now, DateTime.Now.AddYears(1), true, userRoles);
Well, doh, the plain and simple answer is that you need to set the expiry date of the cookie, otherwise it expires when the user closes the browser. Problem solved :-)
authCookie.Expires = authTkt.Expiration;
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