Question

I have folder in my asp.net website ..namely admin

i have following pages inside admin folder … login.aspx, home.aspx, welcome.aspx …

i want if user directly open page … welcome.aspx or anyother page inside admin folder then it automatically redirect to login.aspx till they login using admin id and pass …

how to do this setting in web.config…using authorization vb.net

Answer 1

You can use the <location> tag in your web.config:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b6x6shw7.aspx

This allows you to specify which folders can only be accessed by which users. For example to only allow a user named “Admin” and no one else:

<location path="/admin">
  <system.web>
    <authorization>
      <allow users="Admin"/>
      <deny users="*"/>
    </authorization>
  </system.web>
</location>