"raizen" <raizen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:556B4D7D-4F34-43CD-9CC4-821352398FD4@microsoft.com...
> I have a sub-directory named admin and when a user tries to access the
page
> inside "admin" folder I would like to use form authentication to validate
the
> user. It says on many forums that I need the "admin" folder to be virtual
> directory which is set as an application so I did. The login page inside
> "admin" folder uses code-behind. When I compile and try to view the
> login.aspx page I get a "Could not load type 'xxxxxx.login'" Sorta
figured
> that the page cannot find the bin directory which is in the root directory
so
> I coded without using code-behind and wrote the authentication script
inside
> the login.aspx page and this worked. However after the page redirect to
the
> another page inside "admin" folder. That page fails cause it cannot find
the
> "bin" directory...
>
> If I don't set "admin" folder as virtual folder and as application, I
> receive the following error:
>
> "It is an error to use a section registered as
> allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This
error
> can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an
application
> in IIS."
>
> I am desparate...I've been at this problem for last 5 days. Been to all
> forums and searched all over internet website.
>
> Could anyone help me out why this is not working properly?
>
> Thanks in advance.

"Andrew" wrote:

> Raizen,
>
> I ran into the *exact* same problem with the *exact* same situation. I
> have a web-based application where I want free access to all pages except
> pages under the Admin folder. Users must log in to view those pages, and so
> forth. And I have been struggling trying to get this to work. I have spent
> most of today surfing both the internet and newsgroups, and finally found
> (pieced together is more the case) a solution. Now, I don't know if what
> worked for me will work for you, but I can think of nothing better than to
> share the knowledge. :) Here goes.....
>
> ------------
> 1) I updated the web.config in the root folder:
>
> Change this:
> <authentication mode="Windows" />
>
> To this:
> <authentication mode="Forms">
> <forms name=".[YourFormNameHere]" loginUrl="login.aspx"
> protection="All" timeout="30" path="/" requireSSL="false"
> slidingExpiration="true" />
> </authentication>
>
> And then add the following right above the final </configuration> tag:
>
> <!-- SET UP AUTHORIZATION USING LOCATION TAG -->
> <location path="Admin">
> <system.web>
> <authorization>
> <deny users="?" />
> <allow users="*" />
> </authorization>
> </system.web>
> </location>
>
> ------------
> 2) I removed the login.aspx page from the Admin folder and put it in the
> root folder. We are using usernames/passwords stored in a database so I
> didn't use anything further in the web.config xml structure.
>
> ------------
> 3) In the IIS manager I set the Admin folder back to a normal, regular
> folder.
>
> ------------
> 4) Rebuilt application
>
>
> And bam! Application works great. You'll need to do some tweaking
> and/or error handling for invalid users, blank form fields, etc., but doing
> this worked for me.
> Again, I don't know if this will fit your scenario, but for what it is
> worth, I hope it helps. But I would still like to hear from an MVP on
> *both* why your/my original method didn't work, and why my method outlined
> above does.
>
> -- Andrew
>
>
> "raizen" <raizen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:556B4D7D-4F34-43CD-9CC4-821352398FD4@microsoft.com...
> > I have a sub-directory named admin and when a user tries to access the
> page
> > inside "admin" folder I would like to use form authentication to validate
> the
> > user. It says on many forums that I need the "admin" folder to be virtual
> > directory which is set as an application so I did. The login page inside
> > "admin" folder uses code-behind. When I compile and try to view the
> > login.aspx page I get a "Could not load type 'xxxxxx.login'" Sorta
> figured
> > that the page cannot find the bin directory which is in the root directory
> so
> > I coded without using code-behind and wrote the authentication script
> inside
> > the login.aspx page and this worked. However after the page redirect to
> the
> > another page inside "admin" folder. That page fails cause it cannot find
> the
> > "bin" directory...
> >
> > If I don't set "admin" folder as virtual folder and as application, I
> > receive the following error:
> >
> > "It is an error to use a section registered as
> > allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This
> error
> > can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an
> application
> > in IIS."
> >
> > I am desparate...I've been at this problem for last 5 days. Been to all
> > forums and searched all over internet website.
> >
> > Could anyone help me out why this is not working properly?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
>