I'm having a problem with AUTHENTICATED_USER.hasRole() I have a user with the role 'Member' defined at the root level (and nowhere else). I also have the following DTML method at the root level: <dtml-if "REQUEST['AUTHENTICATED_USER'].hasRole(PARENTS[-1], ['Member'])"> You are a Member. <dtml-else> Your are NOT a Member. </dtml-if> When I first request the protected document /Bogus/membersonly, I'm prompted to log in. When I do, I get access to the /Bogus/membersonly document. Then when I request /Bogus/isMember, it says I am a Member. However, when I request /isMember, it says I am NOT a Member. Anywhere I request isMember, other than in the /Bogus folder, I am NOT a Member, even though the user is defined at the root level with the Member role. If I then request a protected document /membersonly, it shows me the document without prompt. After I do that, when I request /isMember or /AnyFolder/isMember, it now tells me I am a Member. Why does it not recognize that I'm a user with the Member role anywhere on the site until I access a protected document at the root level? Is this by design or a bug? If by design, what's the reasoning? Thanks! _______________________ Ron Bickers Logic Etc, Inc. rbickers@logicetc.com