ASP.NET MVC - How to show unauthorized error on login page?

Question

In my ASP.NET MVC app, I have most controllers decorated with

[Authorize(Roles=\"SomeGroup\")]

When a user is not authorized to access som

Answer 1

I like what Brian Vander Plaats posted, just added few improvements:

/// <summary>
/// Authorize or redirect to an unauthorized MVC action if the user does not have the required roles
/// (an unauthenticated user will be redirected to the defualt sign in action)
/// <para>Decorate an action or a controller like this [AuthorizeAndRedirect(Roles = "RoleName")]</para>
/// </summary>
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method, Inherited = true, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class AuthorizeOrRedirectAttribute : System.Web.Mvc.AuthorizeAttribute
{
    protected override void HandleUnauthorizedRequest(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
    {
        base.HandleUnauthorizedRequest(filterContext);

        if (filterContext.RequestContext.HttpContext.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
        {
            var routeData = new RouteData();
            routeData.Values.Add("controller", "Error");
            routeData.Values.Add("action", "Unauthorized");
            filterContext.Result = new RedirectToRouteResult(routeData.Values);
        }
    }
}

/// <summary>
/// Authorize or redirect to an unauthorized API action if the user does not have the required roles
/// (an unauthenticated user will be redirected to the defualt sign in action)
/// <para>Decorate an action or a controller like this [AuthorizeAndRedirect(Roles = "RoleName")]</para>
/// </summary>
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method, Inherited = true, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class AuthorizeOrRedirectApiFilterAttribute : System.Web.Http.AuthorizeAttribute
{
    protected override void HandleUnauthorizedRequest(HttpActionContext actionContext)
    {
        base.HandleUnauthorizedRequest(actionContext);

        if (actionContext.RequestContext.Principal.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
        {
            actionContext.Response = actionContext.Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized);
        }
    }
}