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Sitecore V5 introduces the domain concept – roles, users and security assignments are bound to a specific security domain, similar to the Windows security.   

The credentials are also validated against specific domain:  

// login a user

DomainAccessResult result = Sitecore.Context.Domain.Login(login, password);

if (result.Success)

{

   Response.Write(“Welcome”);
}

else

{

  Response.Write(“Cannot log in: “ + result.Message);
}  

Instead of using generic database access to retrieve the users or roles (groups in Sitecore V4) you should use methods exposed by Domain:  

RoleItem[] roles = domain.GetRoles();

RoleItem developers = domain.GetRole(“developers”);

UserItem user = domain.GetUser(“user name”);

Sitecore V4	Sitecore V5
Sitecore.User, Sitecore.ExtranetUser	Sitecore.SecurityModel.UserItem
-	Sitecore.SecurityModel.RoleItem
-	Sitecore.SecurityModel.Domain

Supplementary reading:

• Security-related snippets
• Common security concepts article
• Security chapter of end user manual

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