Login a user from code with claims authentication (fba)

Question

i have a problem with logging in a user from server side on a claims (fba) enabled site. Users can register themselves on the site and get an email with a confirmation link. After they click on the confirmation link, they should be automatically logged in.

My first attempt was to log in with the authentication web service (_vti_bin/Authentication.asmx), get the cookie and add it to the page response. Unfortunaly the authentication web service returns a System.Net.Cookie instead of System.Web.Httpcookie.

Is this the right path? Is there another way?

Thanks for your help!

[Update]

Creating a Httpcookie out of the System.Net.Cookie and add this to the page response did not work either.

Answer 1

Try this...

SPClaimsUtility.AuthenticateFormsUser(
                Context.Request.UrlReferrer,
                UserName.Text, 
                Password.Text);