Question

I have set the defaultUrl as

<forms loginUrl="Home/Login.aspx" defaultUrl="Items/Default.aspx" name="MySite" timeout="120" slidingExpiration="true" requireSSL="false"/>

problem is when i first time login it takes me to the defualtUrl page but once i click on the logout button it logs me out, if i log back in again it takes me to Home/Default.aspx instead. i am using FormAuthentication.
I have tried following settings as well

<system.webServer>
    <defaultDocument enabled="true">
      <files>
        <add value="Items/Default.aspx"/>
      </files>
    </defaultDocument>
  </system.webServer>

I dont know the reason why its happening. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

Does Items/Default.aspx require the user to be authenticated in order to get access to it? If so, it may be the cause of such behaviour.

You can allow anonymous user access to Items/Default.aspx by doing this in your web.config:

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

Update: This may be a workaround for your issue whilst you find another alternative:

In the Page_Load of Home/Default.aspx you can check if the user is actually authenticated and redirect them accordingly:

if (!this.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
    Response.Redirect("Items/Default.aspx");
}

I hope this help.