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Hi,

I have an app in the 1.1 framework that uses forms authentication .

In the normal case, if the user requests a page and is not logged in, he is
redirected to the login page. However, I have noticed that if the original
request includes a parameter called "ReturnUrl" , the server immediately
responds with a 401 error.

I realise that ReturnUrl is also the name of a parameter used by forms
authentication, but I don't see why this should cause any conflict, so it
seems this is simply a bug in the framework. I can't find any documentation
to say that ReturnUrl is a reserved name and cannot be used as an HTTP
request parameter.

Does anyone know of a workaround for this (apart from not having the
parameter called ReturnUrl)? are there any other parameter names I should
avoid?

TIA

Andy
Nov 19 '05 #1
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Hello
send the URL String ....it is problem due to ReturnURL...
that is why server is giving error message of 401
Regards
Malik ASIF

"Andy Fish" <aj****@blueyon der.co.uk> wrote in message
news:OT******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
Hi,

I have an app in the 1.1 framework that uses forms authentication .

In the normal case, if the user requests a page and is not logged in, he is redirected to the login page. However, I have noticed that if the original
request includes a parameter called "ReturnUrl" , the server immediately
responds with a 401 error.

I realise that ReturnUrl is also the name of a parameter used by forms
authentication, but I don't see why this should cause any conflict, so it
seems this is simply a bug in the framework. I can't find any documentation to say that ReturnUrl is a reserved name and cannot be used as an HTTP
request parameter.

Does anyone know of a workaround for this (apart from not having the
parameter called ReturnUrl)? are there any other parameter names I should
avoid?

TIA

Andy

Nov 19 '05 #2
this will happen on any URL like

http://localhost/WebApplication1/foo.aspx?ReturnUrl=foo
"Malik Asif Joyia" <as**@palmchip. com> wrote in message
news:Oy******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
Hello
send the URL String ....it is problem due to ReturnURL...
that is why server is giving error message of 401
Regards
Malik ASIF

"Andy Fish" <aj****@blueyon der.co.uk> wrote in message
news:OT******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
Hi,

I have an app in the 1.1 framework that uses forms authentication .

In the normal case, if the user requests a page and is not logged in, he

is
redirected to the login page. However, I have noticed that if the
original
request includes a parameter called "ReturnUrl" , the server immediately
responds with a 401 error.

I realise that ReturnUrl is also the name of a parameter used by forms
authentication, but I don't see why this should cause any conflict, so it
seems this is simply a bug in the framework. I can't find any

documentation
to say that ReturnUrl is a reserved name and cannot be used as an HTTP
request parameter.

Does anyone know of a workaround for this (apart from not having the
parameter called ReturnUrl)? are there any other parameter names I should
avoid?

TIA

Andy


Nov 19 '05 #3

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