Hi all, i m new to sharepoint development, is this possible to validate my public site users with a sharepoint list,if yes then answer me....how can i achieve this task or any helpful link. thanks in advance for your valuable time.CHAMPION

To maintain your users in a list requires creation of a custom membership provider. You can either write it yourself (I've written at least one of these for some presentations I gave demonstrating Forms Based Authentication.) Or you can get the source code for one from the Codeplex site here: http://splistmp.codeplex.com/Paul Stork SharePoint Server MVP

Hi Champ, Please find my blog about Forms based authentication where you can authenticate users against a list of users against a DB with login id & passwords stored. Please check the link http://chanakyajayabalan.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/forms-authentication-in-sharepoint-using-custom-membership-role-providers/ Hope this helps.Thanks, Chanakya

Hi Paul & Chanakya, thanks allot for your response,let me check the code & i will get back to u.CHAMPION