MVC Authorise not working from seeded user - asp.net

Question

I am having issues with getting the Authorise function to work on a controller. I have seeded a user as follows
protected override void Seed(WebApplication1.Models.ApplicationDbContext context)
{
var userStore = new UserStore<ApplicationUser>(context);
var userManager = new UserManager<ApplicationUser>(userStore);
if(!context.Users.Any(t => t.UserName == "markabarmi#hotmail.com"))
{
var user = new ApplicationUser { UserName = "markabarmi#hotmail.com", Email = "markabarmi#hotmail.com" };
userManager.Create(user, "passw0d!");
context.Roles.AddOrUpdate(r => r.Name, new IdentityRole { Name = "Admin" });
context.SaveChanges();
userManager.AddToRole(user.Id, "Admin");
}
}
From this I can log into the standard MVC5 application. But when I wish to put an Authorise onto a controller or ActionResult, the login will fail and I get Invalid login attempt. This is the home controller i'm adding Authorised onto.
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
//[Authorize(Roles = "Admin")]
public ActionResult About()
{
ViewBag.Message = "Your application description page.";
return View();
}
public ActionResult Contact()
{
ViewBag.Message = "Your contact page.";
return View();
}
}
If anyone could help me please :) Thanks

Answer 1

Not sure why you are not using a RoleManager since you have the UserManager part, but this is what works for me. AddToRole() will do it's own Saving so no need for context.SaveChanges():
var roleStore = new RoleStore<IdentityRole>(context);
var roleManager = new RoleManager<IdentityRole>(roleStore);
var userStore = new UserStore<ApplicationUser>(context);
var userManager = new UserManager<ApplicationUser>(userStore);
if (!context.Roles.Any())
{
// Add missing roles
var role = roleManager.FindByName("Admin");
if (role == null)
{
role = new IdentityRole("Admin");
roleManager.Create(role);
}
role = roleManager.FindByName("DataEntry");
if (role == null)
{
role = new IdentityRole("DataEntry");
roleManager.Create(role);
}
role = roleManager.FindByName("Limited");
if (role == null)
{
role = new IdentityRole("Limited");
roleManager.Create(role);
}
}
if (!context.Users.Any())
{
var user = userManager.FindByName("admin");
if (user == null)
{
var newUser = new ApplicationUser()
{
UserName = "admin",
FirstName = "Admin",
LastName = "User",
Email = "xxx#xxx.net",
PhoneNumber = "5556667777",
MustChangePassword = false
};
userManager.Create(newUser, "Password1");
userManager.SetLockoutEnabled(newUser.Id, false);
userManager.AddToRole(newUser.Id, "Admin");
}
}