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Can you use forms authentication arbitrarily?

Or does it apply to the entire app?

I have a site with a sub-directory called 'admin' where there are a few
admin tools.

I'd like to have access tothe admin directory handled via authentication.
Can I set forms authentication so that it only applies to that subdirectory?

-Darrel
Nov 18 '05 #1
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Yes. You can set up forms authenrication and in the authorization section
<allow users="*" /> meaning all users will have access

You can then use the
<location path="admin">
<system.web>
<authentication>
<deny users="?" />
</authentication>
</system.web>
</location>

Read more on this at:
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet...rmsauthp1.html
http://www.theserverside.net/article...Authentication

Karl

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Or does it apply to the entire app?

I have a site with a sub-directory called 'admin' where there are a few
admin tools.

I'd like to have access tothe admin directory handled via authentication.
Can I set forms authentication so that it only applies to that subdirectory?
-Darrel

Nov 18 '05 #2

"Karl" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net> wrote in
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Yes. You can set up forms authenrication and in the authorization section
<allow users="*" /> meaning all users will have access


Once again, Karl, thank you very much! This is a nice feature.

-Darrel
Nov 18 '05 #3

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