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Securing Sub Directories

Listing 4 shows the web.config for the Restricted directory in the example. In this web.config file we only use the authorization section. Here we specify which users have access to this sub directory. The example only has one sub directory, but you can have as many as you want. You just need to create one for each sub directory. Use the allow node to set users equal to a comma delimited string of names that will have access to this directory. Then below that, make sure to use deny with users set equal to the asterisk (*) to deny access to everyone else.

You could also use groups with allow if you are using windows authentication. However, one of the limitations of this method is that the menu items are loaded by filtering on the user name. So, if you use a windows group for security, you will probably have to display the menu items for that particular sub directory for everyone.

Create a sub directory name Restricted and place the following web.config file in it.

Listing 4 - This is the Web.config file for the Restricted directory

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">
  <system.web>
    <authorization>
      <allow users="user2" />
      <deny users="*" />
    </authorization>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

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