MVC 5 AddToRole requires logout before it works?

Question

I\'m finding that if I add a user to a role in ASP Identity, it doesn\'t take effect until I log out and log back in. Is there something I need to do to refresh a user\'s ro

Answer 1

@kevin-junghans your answer lead me to the correct answer. This code shows how to add a user to a role in MVC 5 and to have that role automatically take effect.

var userManager = new UserManager(new UserStore(new ApplicationDbContext()));
var userId = HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.GetUserId();

userManager.AddToRole(userId, roleName);

var authenticationManager = HttpContext.Current.GetOwinContext().Authentication;

authenticationManager.SignOut(DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalCookie);

var user = userManager.FindById(userId);
var identity = userManager.CreateIdentity(user, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);

authenticationManager.SignIn(new AuthenticationProperties { IsPersistent = false }, identity);