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  ahmedilyas

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  Disable access to all files except in certain folders?

  Jan 06, 2013 11:11 PM|LINK

  I am using Form authentication on ASP.NET 4.0 and need to know how it is possible to disable access to all areas of the website (folders/files) except for specific files, such as files in css folder?

  only if the user is authenticated, can they access those files.

   

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  ahmedilyas

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  Re: Disable access to all files except in certain folders?

  Jan 06, 2013 11:23 PM|LINK

  Realised it does not work with txt files which is ok (since I was using that as a test) but for most other files it works.

   

  you can also do it this way:

   

  <location path="ASecureFolder">
      <system.web>
        <authorization>
          <deny users="?"/>
        </authorization>
      </system.web>
    </location>

  
   

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  Pengzhen Son...

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  Re: Disable access to all files except in certain folders?

  Jan 08, 2013 10:24 AM|LINK

  Hi,

  I think you can try creating a custome HTTP handler for .txt file and add the custom mapping in the app's web.config.

   

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  • Marked as answer by ahmedilyas on Jan 08, 2013 10:34 AM
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  ahmedilyas

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  Re: Disable access to all files except in certain folders?

  Jan 08, 2013 10:34 AM|LINK

  Hi there.

  yes you are correct in relation to making a customer HTTP Handler however this would be a little overkill for this scenario :)

  But yes, you are also correct!

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