authentication mode

[josie2007]

<authentication mode="Windows"/> Do I need this in my web.config file I am not doing any authentication.

here is my web.config file and could you correct me if you see unnecessary file there. thanks


\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
-->
<configuration xmlns="

http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">

<connectionStrings>
<add name="ConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=xxx;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=xxxx;Password=xxxx;Unicode=True" providerName="System.Data.OracleClient"/>
</connectionStrings>

<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp>
<network
host="DOT-GWIA01"
port="25"
userName=""
password="" />
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>

<system.web>
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="error.htm">
<error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm" />
<error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm" />
</customErrors>
<!--
Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging
symbols into the compiled page. Because this
affects performance, set this value to true only
during development.
-->
<compilation debug="true">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System.Data.OracleClient, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
</assemblies>
</compilation>
<!--
The <authentication> section enables configuration
of the security authentication mode used by
ASP.NET to identify an incoming user.
-->
<authentication mode="Windows"/>
<!--
The <customErrors> section enables configuration
of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs
during the execution of a request. Specifically,
it enables developers to configure html error pages
to be displayed in place of a error stack trace.

<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="GenericErrorPage.htm">
<error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm" />
<error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm" />
</customErrors>
-->

</system.web>
</configuration>

 

[jmeckley]

I believe you can also sent authentication to [tt]None[/tt] which might be the better option, so you know it's not defaulting to something you don't want.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[josie2007]

So, I can not remove from my web.config file.Am I going to get an error message if I remove it from the web.config file? thanks

 

[ca8msm]

You can remove it from your web.config file, but as Jason says, the authentication mode may set itself to a default that you didn't want. His solution is a much better approach.

Also, if you are not sure if you will get an error or not, there's a simple way of finding out...


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[josie2007]

now I am getting this error message when i run the apps.
Error 1 It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.
I changed the authentication to this
<authentication mode="None"/>

 

[ca8msm]

This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Could this be the problem?


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[josie2007]

I'm not sure the virtual directory is set up properly.It is set up by server admn. I am just dumping my apps to the folder she set up for me and then the files will transfer to production server by her.