Where is the default authentication route configured in ASP.NET MVC?

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I've got an old WebForms-based ASP.NET app that I have upgraded to ASP.NET 4.0 and I want to add some portions of the site that use MVC. I've successfully done this but the problem is I want to share the old login page.

I used the instructions here to integrate MVC.

Both parts of the site use the SqlMemberbershipProvider, but even though my web.config is configured to route unauthenticated requests to my "~/Login.aspx" page, they are now getting kicked to "Accounts/Login".

Here's my web config auth entry:

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="login.aspx" name=".ASPXFORMSAUTH" />
</authentication>

Where in the MVC plumbing does it now override that to force it to "Accounts/Login". is this just a "convention" used by MVC? The upshot is I still want to redirect unauthenticated requests to Login.aspx no matter what the target page/route is.

Mike

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-21 18:44:03Z

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That's a known bug. You may try adding the loginUrl app key following to your web.config:

<appSettings>
    <add key="loginUrl" value="~/login.aspx" />
<appSettings>

answered Sep 21, 2011 at 18:44

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Mike Marshall Over a year ago

Thanks for the link. I was knee deep System.Web.Mvc in Reflector when I decided to take a break and post to SO. Saved me another few hours probably.

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