Denying unauthenticated access to a .txt file

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Penguini - 03 Dec 2007 10:28 GMT

I have a website using c# and .Net 2. I have two .txt files placed in
a subfolder that I need to protect. The site is protected by Forms
Authentication, and the files are inside a folder that is set to deny
anonymous access. When run locally on my machine, this all works fine;
typing the full path of one of the text files redirects the user to
the login screen as expected. However, when I publish the website to a
webserver, typing the full path simply opens the text file in an IE
window - no redirection takes place. How can I stop this? Any help
greatfully received!

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Peter Bromberg [C# MVP] - 03 Dec 2007 14:29 GMT

You would need to map the ".txt" extension to be handled through ASP.NET in
order for this to work. Alternatively, you could store the files in a folder
that is outside of the IIS web application, and use Response.WriteFile method
to serve them.

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> I have a website using c# and .Net 2. I have two .txt files placed in
> a subfolder that I need to protect. The site is protected by Forms
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> window - no redirection takes place. How can I stop this? Any help
> greatfully received!

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Penguini - 03 Dec 2007 16:53 GMT

On 3 Dec, 14:29, Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]
<pbromb...@yahoo.NoSpamMaam.com> wrote:

> You would need to map the ".txt" extension to be handled through ASP.NET in
> order for this to work. Alternatively, you could store the files in a folder
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>
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Thanks, I have added the .txt extension to be handled by ASP.NET, as
having the files in another folder is not an option in this case.
Problem sorted, thanks again!

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