Thread: Multi folder web app

So how can i handle it all from root web.config??
I have the code in my first post above.

What changes wud i need?

Add something like the following:

Code:

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

You can place as many of these as you want in the root config file. Keep in mind, if you were to use multiple .config files (one for each directory...it wouldn't need to be an exact copy...see here for more information: ASP.NET Configuration

I have that J, do i need to do something with this portion??

Code:

    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms name="site" loginUrl="default.aspx" protection="All" path="/" timeout="30">        
      </forms>
    </authentication>

That looks right to me, M. Post what you have for the <location> nodes.

Code:

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

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

<system.web>
    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms name="site" loginUrl="default.aspx" protection="All" path="/" timeout="30"></forms>
    </authentication>
</system.web>

Is there any particular reason why you're creating each of those folders as Virtual Directories?

Originally Posted by jmurrayhead

Is there any particular reason why you're creating each of those folders as Virtual Directories?

They all are accessed by different sets of people, so i have different kind of pages for each section, so i set them as virtual directories.

Plus i had security in my mind too.

I don't really see how setting each as a separate virtual directory is helping anything. You can handle the security via the web.config.

Originally Posted by jmurrayhead

I don't really see how setting each as a separate virtual directory is helping anything. You can handle the security via the web.config.

Do you mean i could have all pages in root and not different folders??
If thats what you mean, then its just the way i preferred (diff folders).

Plus i could handle security for each folder by <location> nodes.
Am i missing here anything J?

Yes, you could also have all the pages in the root...but I prefer to have separate folders. There seems to be confusion on what a Virtual Directory is. You DO NOT need the subdirectories to be setup as Virtual Directories in IIS. Only the root directory of the application. All other directories are just normal folders.