Exclude from Form Authentication

[Islam Elkhayat]

How can i exclude some files from the Form Authentication.. my welcome page
and even custom error pages (404) is not working before authenticate.
need help

[jongalloway]

You can exclude specific files from forms auth with a location node in
web.config:
<location path="404.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

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

It's often easier to just group the pages that don't require auth into
a public folder and allow access to the whole folder at once:

<location path="public/">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

More here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ionelement.asp
- Jon
http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway

[Islam Elkhayat]

Thanx alot.. I have searched alot to solve this...
I was trying to put files in a public folder by add web.config to the public
folder but this generate exception even if i excluded it from the project i
must delete it to work..
Is the web.config only one file for all my application so i can have only
one file in my solution??
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You can exclude specific files from forms auth with a location node in
web.config:
<location path="404.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

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

It's often easier to just group the pages that don't require auth into
a public folder and allow access to the whole folder at once:

<location path="public/">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

More here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ionelement.asp
- Jon
http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway