After I did customization for sql server 2008 report service to form authetication. The form user can login ,but after login report manager page, can't view any and no any permission to do any thing. Can't find "New Folder"... function button/tool bar I guess it has authorization problem. Any clue and how can I debug it? By the way, I used sql server 2005 custom security extension example for 2008 . It will cost problem ? Where I can download example for 2008 thanks Gary

Hi Gray, Based on your description, the issue is really a permission issue. It is due the user don't have sufficient permission to manager the report server. If you are using the "FormsAuthentication Sample" as a sample, there is a configuration, which allow us to configure a default administrator for the report server. Then we can login the report server with the default administrator, and then configure permissions for other user. In order to configure the default administrator, please follow these steps: Create a Form user. Open the rsreportserver.config. Configure the UserName element in the customized forms authentication extension. The username must be a Form user. <Extension Name="Forms" Type="Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.CustomSecurity.Authorization, Microsoft.Samples.ReportingServices.CustomSecurity" > <Configuration> <AdminConfiguration> <UserName>username</UserName> </AdminConfiguration> </Configuration> </Extension> After that, please configure permissions for other form users follow this article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms156014(v=SQL.100).aspx If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask. Thanks, Jin Chen Jin Chen - MSFT

thanks for detail explaination and link information. It works now. Gary