Form authentication issue with excluding pages

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Greetings i've used Form Authentication for my Admin Directory and i've excluded my root Webforms and i've uploaded it on Host, now whenever i call the domain, it wants me to Authenticate first. but if i call Domain/index.aspx for example it works. i dont know how to fix this issue.

What I have tried:

XML

<system.web>
    <machineKey validationKey="74222414ADCEF7AD77EBDDEEF79D2ED08F23BBA5BE82154DF47135ACF39F60F29CFA095BE6B707799DF70A53BFA4B43D336789D552DBC4D9542C6F97DFC12256" decryptionKey="25D197E2D9E761C61CAB460F3F67936FF569394BDB7C48C6B02DB2C71B306EA0" validation="SHA1" decryption="AES" />
    <pages validateRequest="false" />
    <!--<customErrors mode="On">
        <error statusCode="404" redirect="~/error/default.html" />
      </customErrors>-->
    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms name="MyAppCookie" loginUrl="~/Admin/Login.aspx" protection="All" timeout="120" defaultUrl="~/Admin/Default.aspx" />
    </authentication>
    <authorization>
      <deny users="?" />
      <allow users="*" />
    </authorization>
  </system.web>
  <location path="Index.aspx">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow users="*" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>

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

  <location path="Blogdetails.aspx">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow users="*" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>
  <location path="Blog.aspx">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow users="*" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>
  <location path="Aboutus.aspx">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow users="*" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>

Posted 31-Aug-16 0:30am

SmackDatCode

Updated 31-Aug-16 4:11am

Andy Lanng

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-31T04:11:00

Look at your configuration again. You've told it that every URL in your application except Index.aspx, Contactus.aspx, Blogdetails.aspx, Blog.aspx and Aboutus.aspx requires authentication.

When you request the root of your application, the URL does not contain any of those pages, so the request requires authentication.

Change the configuration around, and deny anonymous access to the pages and folders you want to protect.

XML

<system.web>
    <machineKey ... />
    <pages validateRequest="false" />
    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms name="MyAppCookie" loginUrl="~/Admin/Login.aspx" protection="All" timeout="120" defaultUrl="~/Admin/Default.aspx" />
    </authentication>
    
    <!-- NB: Remove the <authorization> element here... -->
</system.web>

<!-- Now deny anonymous access to any pages / folders you want to protect: -->
<location path="admin">
    <system.web>
        <authorization>
            <deny users="?" />
            <allow users="*" />
        </authorization>
    </system.web>
</location>

For folders, you could also create a web.config file within the folder with the authorization rules, without using the location element:

XML

<!-- /admin/web.config -->
<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <authorization>
            <deny users="?" />
            <allow users="*" />
        </authorization>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

NB: You should never post your <machineKey> details to a public forum. Those are private encryption keys, which would allow anyone to hack into your site. You should change those keys ASAP!