web.config and aythentication error

[jaimalchohan]

The error:

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.

The culprit (web.config stored in a subdirectory of a subdomain)

Line 2:  <configuration>
Line 3:      <system.web>
Line 4:  		<authentication mode="Forms" />
Line 5:  		<authorization>
Line 6:  			<deny users="?" />

I'm guessing that I can't configure the directory as an application from helm ... any suggestions as to if I'm doing somethig wrong or its it just plain not supported?

[Staff: Warren Ashcroft]

You need to create an application - which you can do in Helm (Virtual Directories):

Path To Virtual Directory: \
Virtual Directory Name: subfolder
Physical Folder: \subfolder

[jaimalchohan]

lol Thanks, i always wandered what they were for

[RFH Reseller: Sol]

You only need to set a Virtual Directory if it is to be the application root.

If the web.config file you are getting this error from is in a sub-directory underneath your application root then you should not be setting the Authentication Mode there. Instead set it in the web.config in your application root and use the 'Location' tags either in that web.config or a web.config in the sub-directory to specify the allow / deny rules.