I want to authenticate a user with only user name and no password. My application does not have any user management data and I just want to create Identity with user details so that I can use it in the application.
I tried to copy the SingInAsync method to put this up
private async Task InitializeUser()
{
var user = new ApplicationUser();
user.Id = "abcd";
user.UserName = "abcd";
AuthenticationManager.SignOut(DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalCookie);
var identity = await UserManager.CreateIdentityAsync(user, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);
AuthenticationManager.SignIn(new AuthenticationProperties() { IsPersistent = false }, identity);
}
But it tells me and error - that user ID cannot be found. Is there someway I can just authenticate the user by username and assign the Identity with some details??