Excluding certian pages from Forms authentication

[Guest]

Hi,

I've a web application and I'm using Forms authentication. My app contains
some pages that can be viewed by everyone and it doesn't require any
authentication or authoization and these pages mostly come at the start of
the application. After a couple of such 'general' pages, the login screen
comes. How do tackle this situation? Advance thanks for throwing any light on
this

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

Every folder can have its authentication configured separately.
Therefore you can have certain folders that allow anonymous users.

Here's more info:
http://www.dotnetbips.com/displayarticle.aspx?id=117

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Thanks very much for the info provided. I'll try as per your suggestion.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

You can also try using a Location Tag with Authorization in the Web.config.
Here is a example of the web.config, where the below used pages do not need
authentication.

<location path="Default.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

<location path="GenericErrorPage.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
--

This is an easier approach than having to maintain multiple directories and
multiple web.configs.
Hope this was helpful.

--Vijay R