Parser and configuration errors (endless loop!)

jsmoritz · September 21st, 2003, 10:17 AM

In VS I created a subfolder and configured it for forms authentication. When I build and browse a page I get:

Configuration Error
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Source Error:

Line 2:
Line 3: <system.web>
Line 4: <authentication mode="Forms">
Line 5: <forms name="CookieFormApplication"/>
Line 6: </authentication>

I went into IIS and made the folder into an application as suggested by an earlier archive I read. When I did this I get this error:

Parser Error
Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Could not load type 'penny_saver.com.login1'.

Source Error:

Line 1: <%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Codebehind="login.aspx.vb" Inherits="penny_saver.com.login1" %>
Line 2: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
Line 3: <HTML>

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Thanks,
jsmoritz

planoie · September 22nd, 2003, 10:30 AM

It would appear that you copied the web.config file from your original application root folder into the subfolder so you can setup forms authentication on it. What's happending is that there are settings in web.config that only apply at the application root level. That's where you are getting the error.

- Got back into IIS and navigate to the subfolder that you created into an application and undo that. The subfolder does not need to be an application as long as it's underneath one already.

- Go to your subfolder\web.config and remove everything in it EXCEPT the authentication node(s). This should straighten things out.

Peter