User.IsInRole doesn't work

Question

I have ASP.NET MVC 4 application. I use Simple Membership Provider allowing to tick remember me checkbox under login form. If ticked, persitent cookie .ASPXAUTH is created w

Answer 1

I had a similar problem with IsUserInRole returning false. By placing a watch on it, I was able to overcome the problem by using the overload described below. Try it, put a break point where you're getting false, and see what happens.

@if (Roles.IsUserInRole(Model.UserName, "Administrator"))

I'm pretty sure you could also use User.Identity.Name as the first parameter.