Forms Authentication Error 401.2

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ASP.NET Community Standup Forums Help Home/ASP.NET Forums/General ASP.NET/Web Forms/Forms auth iis 8.0 - Error message 401.2.: Unauthorized: Logon failed... Forms auth iis 8.0 - Error message 401.2.: Unauthorized: Logon failed due http://forums.asp.net/t/2009349.aspx?Forms+auth+iis+8+0+Error+message+401+2+Unauthorized+Logon+failed+due+to+server+configuration+ to server configuration. RSS 9 replies Last post Apr 26, 2015 11:02 AM by StaticMethod ‹ Previous Thread|Next Thread › Print Share Twitter Facebook Email Shortcuts Active Threads Unanswered Threads Unresolved Threads https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647070.aspx Support Options Advanced Search Related Links GuidanceSamplesVideos Reply Jtunney111 None 0 Points 9 Posts Forms auth iis 8.0 - Error message 401.2.: Unauthorized: Logon failed due to server configuration... Sep 17, 2014 12:51 forms authentication AM|Jtunney111|LINK I set my web application up to use forms authentication. My root web.config file has the very basic settings: No page should be accessible besides ~/Security/Login.aspx. As soon as I run the debugger in vs2013 it tries to go there but I get the 401.2 error. All of my project settings are correct. Anonymous forms authentication error Auth is enabled. The only way I can get this to work is to add an additional web.config file to my Security folder that allows * users. Does this make sense though? Isn't the point of the loginUrl property in my root web.config to automatically redirect to the URL and I would assume give all access to this page. Amy ideas / suggestions? If putting a web.config in my Security folder is actually the correct solution are there any workarounds? Say there are other files in the Security folder that shouldn't be open to the public. One thing to note: I created a Webapp w/ Individual User Accounts Authentication and added and it works exactly as expected. I wonder what is different between this app and when starting with No authentication. Reply Perkinsville Participant 860 Points 206 Posts Re: Forms auth iis 8.0 - Error message 401.2.: Unauthorized: Logon failed due to server configura... Sep 17, 2014 05:25 AM|Perkinsville|LINK Hi, You might want to walk through this example to see if you get it work. Then use what you learn to make any changes to your configuration. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/xdt4thhy(v=vs.100).aspx HTH, Benjamin Reply Jtunney111 None 0

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