FormsAuthentication redirecting to login page when visiting root of website
- by Ryan Lattimer
I wanted to use FormsAuthentication to secure my static files as well on my site, so I followed the instructions located here http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/244/how-to-take-advantage-of-the-iis7-integrated-pipeline/ under title "Enabling Forms Authentication for the Entire Application".
Now though, when I try to visit the site by going directly to http://www.mysite.com I get redirected to http://www.mysite.com/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f instead of it using my DefaultDocument I have set. I can go to my default document by just visiting http://www.mysite.com/Home.aspx without any issues because it is set to allow anonymous access.
Is there something I need to add into my web.config file to make iis7 allow anonymous access to the root? I tried adding with anonymous access but no such luck.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Both Home and the Login form allow anonymous.
<location path="Home.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<location path="Login.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
Login form is set as the loginUrl
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms protection="All" loginUrl="Login.aspx">
</forms>
</authentication>
Default document is set as Home.aspx
<defaultDocument>
<files>
<add value="Home.aspx" />
</files>
</defaultDocument>
I have not removed any of the iis7 default documents. However, Home.aspx is first in the priority.
