Exception: Invalid type specified Telerik.Sitefinity.Security.Data.MembershipDataProvider
Hi,
I'm testing the "Enterprise Edition" trial version of Sitefinity for using it in my company.
I will try to explain that I attempting to do. I have a web site behind a Proxy, which is in charge to do the
user's authentication. That means that when users type in the sign
in page their user and password and they click the sign in button,
the request will intercepted by the proxy component that will
authenticate the users in another BD, Ldap or whatever system that
could do that. Them, the proxy will forward to our website the
request with some aditional http headers with information about the
user's autentication. When our website gets the request it will need
to supply to sitefinity if the user is or not authenticated in order
to allow or deny the access to the page.
These are the steps that I follow:
1. I have created an httpModule in order to intercept the requests.
2. I have subscribe to the OnBeginRequest and OnEndRequest events
public void Init(HttpApplication httpApp)
httpApp.BeginRequest += new EventHandler(OnBeginRequest);
httpApp.EndRequest += new EventHandler(OnEndRequest);
3. I have written the next code in the OnBeginRequestEvent in order to
notify to Sitefinity the identity for the user "GONZALO" and
MembershiProvider Psso through the SitefinityPrincipal
public void OnBeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
HttpApplication httpApp = (HttpApplication)sender;
httpApp.Context.Items["beginRequestTime"] = DateTime.Now;
var msisdn = FindHeaderField(httpApp.Request.Headers, MSISDN_HEADER_NAME);
httpApp.Context.User = new SitefinityPrincipal(new GenericIdentity(@"Psso\GONZALO"));
4. I have implemented a provider PssoMembershipProvider that inherits
from SitefinityMembershipProvider (I haven't overriden any method)
6. I have set my httpModule in the web.config file
<add name="PssoAuthenticateModule" type="HttpModulePsso.PssoAuthenticateModule, HttpModulePsso"/>
6. I have set my PssoMembershipProvider in the SecurityConfig.config file
<membershipProviders>
<add description="Proxy Single SignOn"
resourceClassId="SecurityResources"
type="HttpModulePsso.PssoMembershipProvider"
type:type="System.RuntimeType, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
enabled="True" name="Psso" />
</membershipProviders>
Finally it doesn't works and it returns an exception: System.ArgumentException: Invalid type specified Telerik.Sitefinity.Security.Data.MembershipDataProvider
[ArgumentException: Invalid type specified Telerik.Sitefinity.Security.Data.MembershipDataProvider]
Telerik.Sitefinity.Data.ManagerBase`1.InstantiateProvider(IDataProviderSettings providerSettings, Type providerType, ExceptionPolicyName policy, ManagerBase`1 manager) +2706
Telerik.Sitefinity.Data.ManagerBase`1.InstantiateProvider(IDataProviderSettings providerSettings, ExceptionPolicyName policy, ManagerBase`1 manager) +117
Telerik.Sitefinity.Data.ManagerBase`1.SetProvider(String providerName, String transactionName) +407
Telerik.Sitefinity.Data.ManagerBase`1.GetManager(String providerName, String transactionName) +316
Telerik.Sitefinity.Data.ManagerBase`1.GetManager(String providerName) +75
Telerik.Sitefinity.Security.UserManager.GetManager(String providerName) +36
Telerik.Sitefinity.Security.SecurityManager.GetUserId(String membershipProviderName, String userName) +46
Telerik.Sitefinity.Security.SecurityManager.GetUserId(String fullName) +235
Telerik.Sitefinity.Security.SitefinityPrincipal..ctor(IIdentity identity) +251
HttpModulePsso.PssoAuthenticateModule.OnBeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e) +334
System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +148
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +75
Hello Gonzalo,
Thank you for contacting Telerik Support.
from the error it seams that the SitefinityIdentity which is being cast from the GenericIdentity you pass to the SitefinityPrincipal constructor is not able to properly get the provider of your user. It tries to instantiate it with the default Siteifnity provider and you get the exception. Can you try instantiating the identity by manually setting the provider name:
void context_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e) HttpApplication httpApp = (HttpApplication)sender; httpApp.Context.Items["beginRequestTime"] = DateTime.Now; var msisdn = FindHeaderField(httpApp.Request.Headers, MSISDN_HEADER_NAME); System.Web.Security.FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = new System.Web.Security.FormsAuthenticationTicket(@"Psso\GONZALO",false,120); SitefinityIdentity identity = new SitefinityIdentity(); identity.Ticket = ticket; identity.Provider = "YourProviderName"; //the unique guid id of your user identity.Id = new Guid(""); httpApp.Context.User = new SitefinityPrincipal(identity);