authentication mode error

[Joe]

What I want to do is make only one page require a login. The application
itself works fine.

I'm getting the following error:
Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as
allowDefinition ='MachineToAppl ication' beyond application level. This error
can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application
in IIS.

Source Error:


Line 105: <location path="LoginTest .aspx">
Line 106: <system.web>
Line 107: <authenticati on mode="Forms">
Line 108: <forms name=".ASPXAUTH " loginUrl="Login .aspx" timeout="30"/>
Line 109: </authentication>

Here's my config:
<!-- *** This is the original lines **** -->
<authenticati on mode="Forms">

</authentication>

<!-- AUTHORIZATION
This section sets the authorization policies of the application.
You can allow or deny access
to application resources by user or role. Wildcards: "*" mean
everyone, "?" means anonymous
(unauthenticate d) users.
-->

<authorizatio n>
<allow users="*" /> <!-- Allow all users -->
<!-- <allow users="[comma separated list of users]"
roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
<deny users="[comma separated list of users]"
roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
-->
</authorization>

<!-- *** I added these lines at the end of my file just ahead of the closing
</configuration> *** -->

<location path="LoginTest .aspx">
<system.web>
<authenticati on mode="Forms">
<forms name=".ASPXAUTH " loginUrl="Login .aspx" timeout="30"/>
</authentication>

<authorizatio n>
<deny users = "?"/>

</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

If I comment out the <authenticati on mode="Forms"> section, I get my login
screen but right after that I get the Windows login screen.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Joe

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

RE: authentication mode error

Hi Joe,

Welcome to ASPNET newsgroup.
As for the Authentication Mode error, it is because <authentication >
setting is a MachineToApplic ation level setting which means it can only be
configured at machine .config or only once in each asp.net application's
main web.config. It can not be configured multiple times by using sub
dir's web.config or the <location > element as you used....

For your scenario, you'd like to grant access protection to an individule
page (or a sub folder), we can configure using the <authorizatio n> element
, this is used for user or role based access permission to pages and can
be configured for individual pages or sub dirs. e.g:

<configuratio n>
<location path="~/admin.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorizatio n>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>


#<authorization > Element

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/ht

ml/gngrfauthorizat ionsection.asp

Hope helps. Thanks,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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| What I want to do is make only one page require a login. The application
| itself works fine.
|
| I'm getting the following error:
| Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as
| allowDefinition ='MachineToAppl ication' beyond application level. This
error
| can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an
application
| in IIS.
|
| Source Error:
|
|
| Line 105: <location path="LoginTest .aspx">
| Line 106: <system.web>
| Line 107: <authenticati on mode="Forms">
| Line 108: <forms name=".ASPXAUTH " loginUrl="Login .aspx" timeout="30"/>
| Line 109: </authentication>
|
| Here's my config:
| <!-- *** This is the original lines **** -->
| <authenticati on mode="Forms">
|
| </authentication>
|
| <!-- AUTHORIZATION
| This section sets the authorization policies of the
application.
| You can allow or deny access
| to application resources by user or role. Wildcards: "*" mean
| everyone, "?" means anonymous
| (unauthenticate d) users.
| -->
|
| <authorizatio n>
| <allow users="*" /> <!-- Allow all users -->
| <!-- <allow users="[comma separated list of users]"
| roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
| <deny users="[comma separated list of users]"
| roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
| -->
| </authorization>
|
| <!-- *** I added these lines at the end of my file just ahead of the
closing
| </configuration> *** -->
|
| <location path="LoginTest .aspx">
| <system.web>
| <authenticati on mode="Forms">
| <forms name=".ASPXAUTH " loginUrl="Login .aspx" timeout="30"/>
| </authentication>
|
| <authorizatio n>
| <deny users = "?"/>
|
| </authorization>
| </system.web>
| </location>
|
| If I comment out the <authenticati on mode="Forms"> section, I get my
login
| screen but right after that I get the Windows login screen.
|
| Any ideas?
|
| Thanks,
| Joe
|
|
|