Forms authentication for certain pages

[Guest]

Hi,

Is there any way I can cause a login page to appear, using Forms
authentication of course, when access a particular page only. In my case, I
am building a site for rental properties. There are a group of files ( HTML,
ASPX files ) that are freely publicly accessable. There are certain pages
however that my client will use to update their listings and images. I would
like those pages ONLY to be redirected to the login page but NOT the publicly
accessible files. Is there a way to target URL redirection using forms
authentication for certain files that you specify.

Thanks,

Max

 

[news-server.maine.rr.com]

Hi,

Is there any way I can cause a login page to appear, using Forms
authentication of course, when access a particular page only. In my case,
I
am building a site for rental properties. There are a group of files (
HTML,
ASPX files ) that are freely publicly accessable. There are certain pages
however that my client will use to update their listings and images. I
would
like those pages ONLY to be redirected to the login page but NOT the
publicly
accessible files. Is there a way to target URL redirection using forms
authentication for certain files that you specify.

Thanks,

Max

Hi Max,

Just put all the files you want to protect under their own directory, and in
that directory add another web.config file specifying allow and deny.

 

[Guest]

Hi Max,

In addition to that, you can use location element:

<system.web>

<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="login.aspx" name="AuthCookie" path="/" timeout="20"/>
</authentication>

<!-- allow everyone too see all pages -->
<authorization>
<allow users="*"/>
</authorization>

</system.web>

<!-- restrict access to few confidential pages -->
<location path="confidentialUpdatePage1.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

<location path="confidentialUpdatePage2.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

 

[Guest]

Thanks everyone for your responses !!!
I used the location tag option and it worked like a charm !!!!

Thanks again !!!