ASP.NET MVC3 and Windows Auth on IIS keeps redirecting to /Account/Login

Question

I\'m running MVC3 and a windows auth web application. When I deploy to IIS6 it runs great until I hit a page that requires authentication. It then is auto-redirecting to /

Answer 1

Try override WebMatrix.dll default for login url by adding this to your appSettings (web.config) :

<add key="loginUrl" value="~/Account/LogOn"/>

WebMatrix.dll set the login Url to /Account/Login, if this key isn't set in the config file... It works for me.

Answer 2

Not sure if you still have the issue or not, but try adding

<add key="autoFormsAuthentication" value="false" />

to your web.config under appSettings. According to here and here, that should solve your problem.

Answer 3

In RTM try to add to <appSettings> in Web.config:

<add key="enableSimpleMembership" value="false" />

(Thx to Problem exclusively using Windows Authentication in ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta.)

Answer 4

You can also go to the IIS on the server and go into Authentication modes and disable forms authentications.

This has me scratching my head in a demo. Embarassing.

Answer 5

In RTM try to add to in Web.config:

<add key="enableSimpleMembership" value="false" />

The above post works. +1 Add this key before adding deployable dependencies.

Answer 6

In MVC for the 4.6 Framework this is done in 2 ways, the first is in the Web.Config as you would expect, the second one is done in the projectfile and is used to configure IIS Express:

<PropertyGroup>
..
    <IISExpressAnonymousAuthentication>enabled</IISExpressAnonymousAuthentication>
    <IISExpressWindowsAuthentication>disabled</IISExpressWindowsAuthentication>
</Property

Will disable Windows authentication and use anonymous when developing but is not used for the deploying the application.