Confused on Menu Security Trimming

[Kbalz]

I'm using xml site map to trim my security on my menus.. Its working
rather well, but I'm having this gripe about it.. Here's my psuedo
problem..

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0" >
<siteMapNode title="Home" description="Home Secure Software Login
Sitemap" roles="*">
<siteMapNode title="Home" roles="*" url="~/default.aspx">
<siteMapNode title="Logon" roles="*" url="~/logon/default.aspx"
/>
<siteMapNode title="Software"
roles="admin,LicAdmin,CustomerQualified" url="~/software/default.aspx"
/>
</siteMapNode>
</siteMapNode>
</sitemap>

A very watered down version of my site map.. I choose to hide the first
node, so the menu looks like

Home ---
|
| ----- Logon
| ----- Software

So I want all users to see Home and Logon.. but only CustomerQualified
to see Software.. however the software node seems to be inheriting the
"*" from the Home node..

===========================================
With this sitemap, I get what I want.... almost,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0" >
<siteMapNode title="Home" description="Home Secure Software Login
Sitemap" roles="*">
<siteMapNode title="Home" roles="*" url="~/default.aspx">
<siteMapNode title="Logon" roles="*" url="~/logon/default.aspx"
/>
<siteMapNode title="Software
roles="admin,LicAdmin,CustomerQualified">
<siteMapNode title="Software download"
roles="admin,LicAdmin,CustomerQualified" url="~/software/default.aspx"
/>
</siteMapNode>
</siteMapNode>
</siteMapNode>
</sitemap>


This makes my menu look as such:

Home ---
|
| ----- Logon
| ----- Software ---
|
| ----- Software Downloads

But now the Software node is not shown to "*", but only the roles I
specify.. Perhaps because it has a child of its own
(SoftwareDownloads)..? Why is it acting like this, and is there any way
I can get the first sitemap to trim bottom-level child nodes different
than nodes on the same level..?

 

[Kbalz]

http://aspadvice.com/blogs/dsussman/archive/2004/10/16/2268.aspx

exactly what I needed.. I guess the web.config ALSO needs to be set up
(which I planned to do anyways so users could not manually type in
url's to get to these pages)..

So I understand now, thanks DS!