Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic <location> for exceptions.  [Answered]RSS

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  shan000

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  Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic <location> for exceptions.

  Jan 24, 2014 03:43 PM|shan000|LINK

  Hi , im getting error as : 

  Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic <location> for exceptions. 

  web.config 61 0 VehicleSystem.UI

  following is my web.config code :

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <!--
    For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
    http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433
    -->
  <configuration>
    <configSections>
      <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
      <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
    </configSections>
    <appSettings>
      <add key="ChartImageHandler" value="storage=file;timeout=20;dir=c:\TempImageFiles\;" />
    </appSettings>
    <system.webServer>
      <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
      <handlers>
        <remove name="ChartImageHandler" />
        <add name="ChartImageHandler" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="GET,HEAD,POST"
          path="ChartImg.axd" type="System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartHttpHandler, System.Web.DataVisualization, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
      </handlers>
    </system.webServer>
    <system.web>
      <httpHandlers>
        <add path="ChartImg.axd" verb="GET,HEAD,POST" type="System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartHttpHandler, System.Web.DataVisualization, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"
          validate="false" />
      </httpHandlers>
      <pages>
        <controls>
          <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting"
            assembly="System.Web.DataVisualization, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
        </controls>
      </pages>
      <machineKey validationKey="ACBB0668C27E1A69F64CB579AD5333C4A37F72365A91499DAD045EF1C51CC5C7E551A10A9B65BE6EDF86F9FB569D32F6C4EFB0E933D38B3BE954D615865B599D" decryptionKey="E9CE6A4F1E788B5AF35A42848C32DCF300555F00E4A7B700F3CB524576319844" validation="SHA1" decryption="AES" />
      <compilation targetFramework="4.0">
        <assemblies>
          <add assembly="System.Web.DataVisualization, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
        </assemblies>
      </compilation>
      <membership defaultProvider="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider1">
        <providers>
          <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider1" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" connectionStringName="dfconn" enablePasswordRetrieval="true" enablePasswordReset="false" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="true" passwordFormat="Encrypted" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="20" minRequiredPasswordLength="5" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" passwordStrengthRegularExpression="" />
        </providers>
      </membership>
      <roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="SqlRoleManager">
        <providers>
          <clear />
          <add name="SqlRoleManager" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="dfconn" />
        </providers>
      </roleManager>
      <httpRuntime />
      <authentication mode="Forms">
        <forms loginUrl="~/user/login.aspx" timeout="30" />
      </authentication>
    </system.web>
    <connectionStrings>
      <add name="VehicleManagerContainer" connectionString="metadata=res://*/VehicleManager.csdl|res://*/VehicleManager.ssdl|res://*/VehicleManager.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string=&quot;data source=SHAN\SHAN;initial catalog=VehicleManager;integrated security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;App=EntityFramework&quot;" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
      <add name="dfconn" connectionString="Data Source=SHAN\SHAN;Initial Catalog=VehicleManager;User ID=sa;Password=123" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    </connectionStrings>
    <location path="vehicle">
      
      <system.web>
        <authorization>
          <allow roles="admin" />
          <deny users="*" />
        </authorization>
      </system.web>
    </location>
    <location path="receipt">
      <system.web>
        <authorization>
          <allow roles="managers" />
          <allow roles="admin" />
          <deny users="*" />
        </authorization>
      </system.web>
    </location>
    <location path="sales">
      <system.web>
        <authorization>
          
          <allow roles="admin" />
          <deny users="*" />
        </authorization>
      </system.web>
    </location>
    <location path="settings">
      <system.web>
        <authorization>
          
          <allow roles="admin" />
          <deny users="*" />
        </authorization>
      </system.web>
    </location>
    <location path="vehicle">
      <system.web>
        <authorization>
          
          <allow roles="admin" />
          <deny users="*" />
        </authorization>
      </system.web>
    </location>
    <system.net>
      <mailSettings>
        <smtp from="sadfsafdsafd.com">
          <network defaultCredentials="true" host="asdfasdfds.com" userName="aadsfadf.com" password="testingggggg" />
        </smtp>
      </mailSettings>
    </system.net>
    <entityFramework>
      <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
        <parameters>
          <parameter value="v11.0" />
        </parameters>
      </defaultConnectionFactory>
      <providers>
        <provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
      </providers>
    </entityFramework>
  </configuration>

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  valuja

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  Re: Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic <location> for exceptions....

  Jan 24, 2014 03:59 PM|valuja|LINK

  Hi,

  You have the following declared twice:

  <location path="vehicle">
      <system.web>
        <authorization>
          <allow roles="admin"/>
          <deny users="*"/>
        </authorization>
      </system.web>
    </location>

  remove one of them and you won't get the error.

  Best regards
  Johan

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  shan000

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  Re: Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic <location> for exceptions....

  Jan 24, 2014 04:38 PM|shan000|LINK

  i have removed this when still i get this error :

  HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error

  The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.

   Config section 'system.web/authorization' already defined. Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic <location> for exceptions

  when i publish the site using file system and check the option for precompile during publishing. i get this error again

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  oned_gk

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  Re: Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic <location> for exceptions....

  Jan 24, 2014 06:05 PM|oned_gk|LINK

  I guess because you have 2 locations for vehicle
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  Re: Sections must only appear once per config file. See the help topic <location> for exceptions....

  Jan 27, 2014 01:46 AM|Starain chen - MSFT|LINK

  Hi shan,

  Based on the error message, the reason is the authorization of a path has been defined multiple times.

  However, you said that you still get the error even though the section as valuja said has been removed.

  So, I suggest that first, please try to clean the project and rebuild, then check the result.

  On the other hand, please remove all location sections and add a location after each time succeed test.

  Thanks

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