Question

My web config, which is a config file in a folder (a config file additional to the main config file in the virtual directory):

> <?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
    <system.web>
      <authentication mode="Forms">
        <forms name=".MyCookie" loginUrl="~/Registration.aspx"   protection="All" timeout="43200" path="/">
          <credentials passwordFormat="MD5">
            <user name="user" password="ca064d0730abfeb09e383a0e82e65f73"/>
          </credentials>
        </forms>
      </authentication>

      <authorization>
        <deny users="?"/>
        <allow roles="Moderator"/>
        <deny users="*"/>
      </authorization>



    </system.web>
</configuration>

The error that I get:

Error 3 It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition=’MachineToApplication’ beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS. 5

I am trying to redirect any anonymous users from the administrator and moderator directories.. so I want any anonymous user or users with no role to be redirected to register.aspx..but i dont get it to work because I get that error and I dont know why!! 🙁

Answer 1

the authentication tag is not permited on subdirectories web.config, unless you define this subdirectory as a full asp.net application, means a diferent aplication than the root – I not suggest it.

so remove this, and keep it to the root web.config only.

<authentication mode="Forms">... </authentication>