config I have :
<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
<authentication mode ="Forms">
<forms name ="loginpage" loginUrl="login_to_secure3700.aspx" />
</authentication>
</system.web>
<location path ="securedpages/bob.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
This way the pag bob.aspx will only be accessible when the username and password were entered ok.
BUT , this works only for page bob.aspx, how can I make this work for eg 50 pages, but all with different logins and passwords. ?
There are two options:
Secure each page with deny all users and only allow bob on bob.aspx and helen to helen.aspx. Given the answers above you will manage that fore sure but it is cumbersume: for every new user you need to change your config.
I think the better way is to create one! page (user.aspx) and take the user that is logged in and personalize that single page for this user. This is a lot easier to maintain and you will have all the code on one page.
If you want to keep the personalized approach in the pagename (bob.aspx) you can have a look into URL rewriting.
You could add multiple paths like this:
<location path ="securedpages/bob.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<location path ="securedpages/bob2.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
Or more simple, just add the dir of the secured pages:
<location path ="securedpages">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
you can put all the 50 pages in one folder and the add 1 web.config for them in this folder that contains
<configuration>
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</configuration>
It does not matter if they have different logins and password.
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How does one specify root location in web.config to allow unauthenticated users access it?
The root location is served by default.aspx, but users normally don't see default.aspx, they just see http://mysite.com/.
So I've added
<location path="~/default.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
Which works if user hits mysite.com/default.aspx, but if user hits mysite.com/ - he is still redirected to login page.
I've tried <location path="~"> (does not help) and also <location path="~/">, <location path=""> (site fails completely) and could not make it work.
Any ideas?
Try this one:
<system.web>
<urlMappings enabled="true">
<add url="~/" mappedUrl="~/default.aspx" />
</urlMappings>
<authorization>
<allow roles="admin"/>
<deny users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
<location path="Default.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
only use
<location path=".">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
or don't write path,because the default path is root(.)
You can achieve by 2 method
Method 1:
You can set redirect path to http://mysite.com/default.aspx in IIS if any user directly comes to your site.in IIS7 you can do that by clicking on Default Document. Here i attached image for your reference
Method 2
You can go through this URL ASp.NET Membership to set your web config settings.
Let me know if you need more detail on this.
The way we done it in the past was to create a folder for all functionality that requires login and set require auth for that folder. All aspx go to that folder. The root of the site stays open.
You probably use a forms authentification no?
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="~/Default.aspx" />
</authentication>
This will solve your problem. An alternative is:
<location path="~/Default.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
If you only want to let unauthenticated users to access default.aspx you can use
<location path="Default.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
before <system.web> and set that page as default in your web server.
In Visual Studio you can select the page and "Set As Start Page".
If you want to allow access to all the files in the root you have to create folders where you put your pages which need to be accessed by authenticated users.
You can create a Secure folder where you can put all your protected pages and change your web.config this way:
<location path="Secure">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
removing
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
To specify root directory you have to set it outside the location block.
<configuration>
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users=“*“/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</configuration>
and then secure your other folder using location block
<location path=“AccessDenied.aspx“>
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users=“?“/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
Use this :
<location path="Default.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<location path="~">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
It works for me.
Merk was right!
I used
<location path="">
<system.webServer>
<httpRedirect enabled="true" destination="http://www.newpathdestination.com" exactDestination="true" httpResponseStatus="Permanent" />
</system.webServer>
</location>
on Windows netserver (don't ask), making sure to put nothing in between the quotes for location path. Redirects a request for the old home page to the new home page.
If you want to specify the root of the directory, use <location path="" >
Heey Stackoverflowers
My question is: how do I protect a Page using web.config or Global.asax?
Example:
Direct url www.Yoururlhere.com/Account/Edit.aspx is currently accesible from url bar, but that is not what I want. I have a login page already with database etc working, only it's missing the protection to remove direct access or by Login.
Can you help me? My second web.config for Folder Account is as following:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<location path="Edit.aspx"/>
</system.web>
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</configuration>
You are writing in the wrong way. It should be like...
<configuration>
<location path="Account/Edit.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
</configuration>
I want to do the following
I have some pages on my website that can be viewed only by registered users with certain roles.
I'm using the ASP.NET membership for creating the users and roles.
How to redirect users to login page if they try to access a certain page without logging in.
I tried the asp configuration page. But it allows me to allow/deny permissions only at the folder level. How do I implement the same at page level with minimal effort?
Hello Friends, thank you so much for the quick responses. They were really helpful. Can you also suggest me where to look for explanation on different tags available under this security tag with some examples and explanations. Tried googling.. not much use.
You can use location attribute in config file, like:
<location path="somefile.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
or you can use this code in page_load function:
if (!Page.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
FormsAuthentication.RedirectToLoginPage();
return;
}
Specifying Login Page:
<system.web>
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="~/Index.aspx" timeout="2880" />
</authentication>
</system.web>
You ought to be able to do something like this (obviously change authorization section to your needs):
<location path="MyPage.aspx" allowOverride="true">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow roles="Registered User"/>
<deny users="*"/>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
Configure your web.config, you can apply allow/deny rules at page level as such:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<location path="SecuredPage.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow roles="SuperUsers" />
<deny users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
</configuration>
I am using ASP.Net Forms Authentication. My Web.config looks like this.
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="login.aspx"/>
</authentication>
<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
So currently every aspx page requires authentication.
I want to allow access to even unauthenticated users to a specific page named special.aspx.
How can I do this?
Take a look at the example on MS Support
<configuration>
<system.web>
<authentication mode="Forms" >
<forms loginUrl="login.aspx" name=".ASPNETAUTH" protection="None" path="/" timeout="20" >
</forms>
</authentication>
<!-- This section denies access to all files in this
application except for those that you have not explicitly
specified by using another setting. -->
<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
<!-- This section gives the unauthenticated
user access to the ThePageThatUnauthenticatedUsersCanVisit.aspx
page only. It is located in the same folder
as this configuration file. -->
<location path="ThePageThatUnauthenticatedUsersCanVisit.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users ="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<!-- This section gives the unauthenticated
user access to all of the files that are stored
in the TheDirectoryThatUnauthenticatedUsersCanVisit folder. -->
<location path="TheDirectoryThatUnauthenticatedUsersCanVisit">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users ="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
</configuration>
Put the following in your web.config:
<location path="special.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<location path="register.aspx"> //path here is path to your register.aspx page
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/> // this will allow access to everyone to register.aspx
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
For more detail follow the below link
http://weblogs.asp.net/gurusarkar/setting-authorization-rules-for-a-particular-page-or-folder-in-web-config
Allow everyone to access a particular page
Sometimes you want to allow public access to some page and want to restrict access to rest of the site only to logged / authenticated users .i.e. do not allow anonymous access. Say your special.aspx is in your site's root folder. In the web.config of your website's root folder you need to have following setup.
<configuration>
<system.web>
<authentication mode="Forms"/>
<authorization> <deny users="?"/> //this will restrict anonymous user access
</authorization>
</system.web>
<location path="special.aspx"> //path here is path to your special.aspx page
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/> // this will allow access to everyone to special.aspx
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
</configuration>
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="Login.aspx"/>
</authentication>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
I am using forms authentication, and when i place the arguments cited above, the css formatting I have done for the whole document is not being implemented, it's vanishing. what should i be doing so that the CSS remains intact.
I assume that your login form has an external CSS file, and that you're using Cassini or IIS 7 integrated mode.
Your <deny users="?"/> is preventing anonymous users from seeing the login form's CSS files.
You need to use the <location> element to allow anonymous users to see the CSS files, like this:
<location path="CSS">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
Use the location element to allow access to your css:
<configuration>
<location path="style.css">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
</configuration>
<location path="Images">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
**
please add this code in web config file
<globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8"
culture="en-GB"/>