public static void doLogin(User u) { var httpContextBase = new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current); //This is legacy code but might still be used by some old webforms things (hopefully not though!), in any case we still need to generate a valid sessionid for //the user so it's stored in the db and the cookie. var sessionId = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.CreateLoginSession(u.Id, httpContextBase.GetCurrentRequestIpAddress()); httpContextBase.CreateUmbracoAuthTicket(new UserData(sessionId.ToString("N")) { Id = u.Id, SecurityStamp = u.SecurityStamp, AllowedApplications = u.GetApplications().Select(x => x.alias).ToArray(), RealName = u.Name, Roles = u.GetGroups(), StartContentNodes = u.UserEntity.CalculateContentStartNodeIds(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.EntityService), StartMediaNodes = u.UserEntity.CalculateMediaStartNodeIds(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.EntityService), Username = u.LoginName, Culture = ui.Culture(u) }); LogHelper.Info <BasePage>("User {0} (Id: {1}) logged in", () => u.Name, () => u.Id); }