How can we set authorization for a whole area in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I\'ve an Admin area and I want only Admins to enter the area. I considered adding the Authorized attribute to every controller in the Admin area. Isn\'t there an elegant sol

Answer 1

.. very crudely I believe you want something like this?

Quick and dirty role management

[Authorize(Roles = "Admins")]
public ActionResult Register()
{
  ViewData["roleName"] = new SelectList(Roles.GetAllRoles(), "roleName");
  ViewData["PasswordLength"] = MembershipService.MinPasswordLength;
  return View();
}