Default Formslogin.asp Is Called Even Though Custom Formslogin.asp Is Present (261151)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Site Server 3.0

This article was previously published under Q261151

SYMPTOMS

When you have a custom Formslogin.asp page in the folder where your content is secured with HTML Forms Authentication, the authentication service calls the default Formslogin.asp page from the _Mem_bin virtual directory.

CAUSE

You have not enabled Anonymous authentication on your custom Formslogin.asp page.

RESOLUTION

To enable Anonymous authentication on your custom Formslogin.asp page, use the following steps:

Open the Site Server Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
Expand the Internet Information Server object.
Expand the server, and then expand the Web site.
Navigate to the folder where your custom Formslogin.asp page is located.
Right-click your custom Formslogin.asp, and then click Properties.
Click the Membership Authentication tab, and then click to select the Allow Anonymous check box.
Click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

The following excerpt is from the "Restricted Access Login Sample Page (formslogin.asp)" section in the Site Server online documentation :

When a user attempts to authenticate with HTML Forms Authentication, the process searches for a page named formslogin.asp beginning in the directory the user is trying to access and searching backward along the URL path to the root.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	5/10/2000
Keywords:	kbprb KB261151