By: Alex de Groot

Alex de Groot — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:08:18 +0000

Sorry for the late reply. Looking at it, it seems that there’s something wrong with the security provider you’re using.
Guess it’s the best to create a support ticket or to list a post at our forum: http://sdn.sitecore.net/forum.aspx.
Otherwise, drop me a line: adg-at-sc-.net!

By: cyril

cyril — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:28:33 +0000

Hi Alex,
I am having an issue with sitecore when I try to create something through C#.net code in sitecore.The issue is:
Specified cast is not valid. at Sitecore.Security.UserProfile.get_IsAdministrator()
at Sitecore.Security.AccessControl.SqlAuthorizationProvider.GetSpecialAccess(ISecurable entity, Account account, AccessRight accessRight)
at Sitecore.Security.AccessControl.SqlAuthorizationProvider.GetAccessCore(ISecurable entity, Account account, AccessRight accessRight)
at Sitecore.Security.AccessControl.AuthorizationProvider.GetAccess(ISecurable entity, Account account, AccessRight accessRight)
at Sitecore.Security.AccessControl.AuthorizationManager.GetAccess(ISecurable entity, Account account, AccessRight accessRight)
at Sitecore.Security.AccessControl.AuthorizationManager.IsAllowed(ISecurable entity, AccessRight right, Account account)
at Sitecore.Security.AccessControl.ItemAccess.CanCreate()
at Sitecore.Data.Managers.ItemProvider.AddFromTemplate(String itemName, ID templateId, Item destination, ID newId)
at Sitecore.Data.Managers.ItemManager.AddFromTemplate(Strin]
Could you please help me to resolve this issue?

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