public ActionResult Login(User model, string returnUrl)
        {
            // Lets first check if the Model is valid or not
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                using (var entities = new MySiteEntities())
                {
                    IArticleRepository ar = new EF_ArticleRepository(new DbConnectionContext());
                    var username = model.UserId;
                    var password = model.Password;

                    // Now if our password was enctypted or hashed we would have done the
                    // same operation on the user entered password here, But for now
                    // since the password is in plain text lets just authenticate directly

                    var userValid = entities.Users.Any(user => user.UserId == username && user.Password == password);

                    // User found in the database
                    if (userValid)
                    {
                        FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(username, false);
                        if (Url.IsLocalUrl(returnUrl) && returnUrl.Length > 1 && returnUrl.StartsWith("/")
                            && !returnUrl.StartsWith("//") && !returnUrl.StartsWith("/\\"))
                        {
                            return Redirect(returnUrl);
                        }
                        return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
                    }
                    ModelState.AddModelError("", "The user name or password provided is incorrect.");
                }
            }

            // If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
            return View(model);
        }
 public void EditUser(User userToEdit)
 {
     db.Entry(userToEdit).State = EntityState.Modified;
     db.SaveChanges();
 }
 public void CreateNewUser(User userToCreate)
 {
     db.Users.Add(userToCreate);
     db.SaveChanges();
 }