Setting up Security

Hi all,

Okay, here's my problem:

After I login into the Reports Server (<servername>/Reports1/Pages/UILogon.aspx?) the Home page is blank ( accpet for links to Home |MySubscriptions | Help in the upper right corner). Please read on before thinking you know the answer. I am using Reporting Services with Forms Authentication with a custom security extension. In the LogonUser methothd I validate the user and return True if the user is good. Should I be doing anything else in this method or any of the other methods in my custom extension? I'm asking because, I can use Sql Server Management Studio to login into the Reporting Server, view any folders such as the Data Sources or Models folder, but can't make any changes. In the Users table in the ReportServer database the user I'm logging in with has a UserType of 0 and AuthType of 3. I've tride changing these to match the BUILTIN\Administrators user but still no luck. Also, I can not login as the BUILTIN\Administrators because that user would not be in our database. Any help with this is appreciated. Thanks.

[1234 byte] By [justenough] at [2007-12-28]
# 1
Your security extension is responsible for two things: authenticaion and authorization. You solved the authentication part (finding the user identity) in the LogonUser method. What remains it to take care of the authorization part (what the user can do). You may find the following article useful.
TeoLachev at 2007-9-4 > top of Msdn Tech,SQL Server,SQL Server Reporting Services...
# 2
Thanks Teo, that article got me going. I have one last (hopefully) questions. How many users do I put in the AdminConfiguration section of my security section in ReportServer.Config file? I guess a better question is do I just put the 'god like' user in there or do i put all users in there?
justenough at 2007-9-4 > top of Msdn Tech,SQL Server,SQL Server Reporting Services...
# 3

You only put the 'god like' user there :-).

-Lukasz

LukaszPawlowski--MS at 2007-9-4 > top of Msdn Tech,SQL Server,SQL Server Reporting Services...

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