Authentication cookies seem to timeout after a short period of time (a day or so). I am using Forms Authentication and have the timeout=”10080″ with slidingExpiration=”false” in the web.config. With that setting, the cookie should expire roughly 7 days after the user is successfully authenticated.
Ok so this not a big deal, but it’s bugging me and I can’t let it go.
Is there a way to dynamically change the LoginUrl of FormsAuthentication? What I have is the whole site protected by FormsAuth, but for some pages in a sub folder, I’d like to take the user to different login page, and have FormsAuth handle the ReturnUrl stuff. Is that possible or do I have to write my own redirect code for the sub folder cases?
The session state timeout is set using this web.config element
If have the following web.config:
This will be my first ASP.NET MVC application with forms authentication so I am trying to make sure I don’t miss anything. The scenario is this: Public / Secured Areas.
I am having problems allowing a specific Role access to a specific page in a subdirectory.
I’m just creating a simple test between two server. Basically if a user has already authenticated I want to be able to pass them between applications. I changed the keys to hide them
I’m starting to learn ASP.NET Forms Authentication, and I’m looking for a good article to help me start.
So, I have web apps with web.configs like so: