Re: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level

Yes, i am trying to get a subfolder rpotected by adding:
<location path="crm">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

The actual folder crm is not configured as an application. If i
configure it as an application visual studio throughs it out. What is
the correct procedure to do so? And if i configure it as an applicatio
how would i include it in the project?

Dominick wrote:
which element are you trying to add to the sub folder - <authorization> ??
that works

Is your base folder configured as an application??

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Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
http://www.leastprivilege.com

I have an application with some subfolders that i am trying to
protect. When i configure the web.config to secure that folder, i get
the dreaded, "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."

On my testing server it works fine, on the live server it doesnt. I
cannot make the subdirectory an application. On the live server i dont
have acess to iis. And besides not having acess making the folder an
application kinda defeats the purpose of having forms authentication
in the first place. What's the point of having forms authentication
when you cannot secure sub folders.

Any help?


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