Question

I again have problem with routing 🙂
When I run application if user is not authenticated he is redirected to login page.
I use FormsAuthentication
Login page is in area Account
Current URL is

http://localhost:38962/Account/Home/Index?ReturnUrl=%2f

Setup from web config

<authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms loginUrl="~/Account/Home/Index" timeout="2880" />
    </authentication>

I have tried to set route in AccountAreaRegistration class

context.MapRoute("home_login",
                "",
                new { area = "Account", controller = "Home", action = "Index", ReturnUrl = UrlParameter.Optional });

and a few others setup bu can’t get login page and to URL stays just

http://localhost:38962

And I also have route in AccountAreaRegister

context.MapRoute(
                "Account_default",
                "Account/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );

Update 1

   routes.MapRoute(
                    "Default",
                    "{controller}/{action}/{cityId}",
                    new { area = "MainArea", controller = "Home", action = "Index", cityId = UrlParameter.Optional },
                    new string[] { "MCN.WebUI.Areas.MainArea.Controllers" }).DataTokens.Add("area", "MainArea");

Answer 1

Fix your MapRoute function call, second parameter should be

Account/{controller}/{action}

remove the area in the third parameter

web.config

 <authorization>
      <deny users="?"/>
    </authorization>