Date: 09/24/05 (C Sharp)    Keywords: database, asp, web

Hey all,

I've been running into a seriously weird problem of late... I have a Virtual Directory set up on my dev machine, on which I've developed my personal website. I have forms authentication and it's working fine. I come to deploy it under my pre-prod server (which is now a Website rather than a V. Dir.) and forms authentication gives me grief: once authenticated, it displays a blank page (correct address, but blank).

On the same machine, I stop the website and create a virtual directory, specifying the same location. Not a single file or permission changed. Bingo, lets me in. Anyone have any info on this?

Config: ASP.NET v 1.1, Forms Authentication done by a user control. No database, just DataSets running from .config files (I really don't foresee much traffic... Me, a couple of friends. I'm lucky if I get one hit a week outside of my own usage). Using a templating scheme as suggested by Joe Agster on devx here. My authentication code in a nutshell:

if (Authenticate(UserTextBox.Text, PassTextBox.Text))
{
FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(UserTextBox.Text, PersistentCheck.Checked);
Response.Redirect(Request.ApplicationPath + "/default.aspx");
}
else
{
CommentLabel.Text = "Wrong credentials, please try again.";
CommentLabel.Visible = true;
}

Any idears?

Thanks in advance!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/csharp/36027.html