How do I use the built-in .NET security controls in a shared hosting environment?

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Hi,

I have to add a simple login system to a small website. I'd like to use the built-in .NET controls for obvious reasons, but these require that aspnet_regsql.exe be run to set up the required tables and relationships. I don't have permission to do this, as the site is on a shared server.

Is there another way to set up the tables - a script perhaps?

Or I could write my own script to set up the tables if I could find the complete schema. Does anyone know where I can find the schema? If I have to write my own system, it may be a good starting point. (Got to admit, I am nervous of this approach. I can imagine putting in a lot of work, only to find I am still getting strange errors because I have missed something. I am no SQL expert.)

A final option might be if anyone knows of a system someone else has written, or at least a tutorial on how to write your own.

It seems ridiculous to me that Microsoft have put all this work into an out-of-the-box security system only to have the whole think become useless for what I would imagine is the majority of websites running on shared hosting.

Any help or pointers to useful information would be very much appreciated.

Kind wishes ~ Patrick