Error page that is not in "Forms Auth"

[Marcus Olsson]

Hi!

My web application directory is under Forms
Authentication. So if you go to page1.aspx you will be
redirected to login.aspx. login.aspx checks the database
for user and password information. But...

if the connection to the database is broken I want to
redirect to an error page that is not under Forms
Authentication, but located inside the web application
and its directory.

Is there a way to exclude certain page/pages from the
Forms Authentication inside the webconfig? or how do I
solve the problem the best/right way?

Please help!

Regards
/Marcus

[Mike Moore [MSFT]]

Hi Marcus,

You can use "Location" in the web.config file. Here's a portion of my
web.config which allows annonymous access to two pages, the login page plus
"ShowUsers.aspx".

<configuration>

<system.web>

<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="/FormsAuth1/login.aspx" name="MyAuthCookie"
protection="All" path="/FormsAuth1" timeout="20" >
</forms>
</authentication>

<authorization>
<deny users ="?" />
<allow users = "*" />
</authorization>

</system.web>

<location path="ShowUser.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users ="?" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

</configuration>

Thank you, Mike
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> Hi!
>
> My web application directory is under Forms
> Authentication. So if you go to page1.aspx you will be
> redirected to login.aspx. login.aspx checks the database
> for user and password information. But...
>
> if the connection to the database is broken I want to
> redirect to an error page that is not under Forms
> Authentication, but located inside the web application
> and its directory.
>
> Is there a way to exclude certain page/pages from the
> Forms Authentication inside the webconfig? or how do I
> solve the problem the best/right way?
>
> Please help!
>
> Regards
> /Marcus
>