Forms authentication, auto redirect in MVC3 project

Question

I'm working on an MVC3 project and i have to add a login mechanism. I have to use the <authentication> method. I thought that this would automatically redirect users to the login page? But nothing is happening.

I have this in my web.config file:

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="~/Account/LogOn" timeout="2880" />
</authentication>

But my login controller isn't invoked automatically. What do i have to do to make it work the way i want?

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-08 14:12:55Z

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The user will be redirected to the LogOn page if he attempts to access a protected resource (for example a controller action decorated with the [Authorize] attribute) and he is not authenticated.

If you want to use the LogOn action as your start page then you could update your route setup in Global.asax in order to provide the default controller and action:

routes.MapRoute(
    "Default",
    "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    new { controller = "Account", action = "LogOn", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);

Now when a user navigates to / he will automatically be presented with the logon screen.

answered Oct 8, 2012 at 14:12

Darin Dimitrov

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