Authentication

kvnsnz14 · Apr 28, 2012

I am using forms auth on a web app that I am making. All worked well until I made some changes. I want someone to be able to access an aspx page of my app without being authenticated. Is this possible? This is what I tried. I created a sub dir under my main app called Pub, then I set it as an application in IIS. Then in my web.config file I created this <location path="Pub"> <system.web> <authentication mode="None" /> </system.web> </location> That was within the main <configuration> section but outside the main <system.web> section. This is fine, except it is poping the Auth Dialog box. And, if I set it to "windows" just to see if it works, then it can't load the code behind cause the Inherits part isn't loaded or something. I got it to work by creating a bin folder under the Pub folder and copying the main app dll into it. But I don't want to have to copy the dll everytime I build my app. Can anyone help me??? Please...change your mode to "windows", then make sure your iis is set to allow anonymous users. Also, check your permissions on your folders to make sure you haven't over tightend them.I had this same problem a while back, and got it solved. Here are my main directories: / &#124-/admin &#124-/community &#124-/personal My root and community directories needed to be available to everyone, and admin and personal needed to be secured. So, here are the excerpts from my Web.config file that are relevant: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration>   <system.web>     <authentication mode="Forms />     <authorization>       <allow users="?" />     </authorization>   </system.web>   <location path="personal" allowOverride="false">     <system.web>       <authorization>         <deny users="?" />       </authorization>     </system.web>   </location>   <location path="admin" allowOverride="false">     <system.web>       <authorization>         <deny users="?" />       </authorization>     </system.web>   </location> </configuration> This first allows anonymous access to the entire site. Then, with the <location> tags, it denies anonymous access to the necessary directories. If an anonymous user tries to access something in those directories (and subdirectories in them), they will be sent to a login page. I hope this helps... --BrantonYeah, I already did this and got it to work with the exception of the bin directory. I guess I will just have to create a bin directory and copy my dll into the "pubin" directory everytime I rebuild it.

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