Hi Flyguy,
From your description, you're using ASP.NET with FormsAuthentication, and
you wonder how to configure an particular folder to have different
authorization setting as the main web application, correct?
Based on my experience, for specifc authorization(for a parituclar page or
sub folder) in ASP.NET web application, there are two means:
1. You can create an additional web.config file in that certain sub folder
and override the "<authorization>" setting in that sub web.config file
2. There is a <location> element in web.config file which can let you
specify customized settings(different from main setting) for a particular
path(a page or a folder). e.g.
========================
..............
<location path="subdir1">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users ="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<system.web>
// main setting here....
</system.web>
</configuration>
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here are some web article and reference introduced these methods.
#HOW TO: Control Authorization Permissions in an ASP.NET Application
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316871
#Form authentication and authorization in ASP.NET
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/web-security/FormAuthenticnAuthorizn.aspx
#location Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b6x6shw7.aspx
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Steven Cheng
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