I am currently developing a project that will use Windows authentication to authorize users and set their specific permissions. However, every time I run the program to test, the default login page created by Visual Studio when I created the project (/Account/Login) always appears first, rather than going to Home/Index. The URL is usually http://localhost:50848/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fViews%2fHome%2fIndex.cshtml
when I start it up, rather than just http://localhost:50848
. I should also note that the program is getting the correct Windows authentication on the screen, so I know that part is working.
Is there something in my settings I can change to stop this extra login screen from popping up? I am using Visual Studio 2012, IIS Express , and MVC 4. Relevant code:
Web.config
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0" />
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
<add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="false" />
<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
<add key="autoFormsAuthentication" value="false" />
<add key="enableSimpleMembership" value="false"/>
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
<!--<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880" />
</authentication>-->
<authentication mode="Windows"/>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
<pages>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
<add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="true" />
<handlers>
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" />
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" />
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" responseBufferLimit="0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" responseBufferLimit="0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
IIS Express applicationhost.config
<authentication>
<anonymousAuthentication enabled="false" userName="" />
<basicAuthentication enabled="false" />
<clientCertificateMappingAuthentication enabled="false" />
<digestAuthentication enabled="false" />
<iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication enabled="false">
</iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication>
<windowsAuthentication enabled="true">
<providers>
<add value="Negotiate" />
<add value="NTLM" />
</providers>
</windowsAuthentication>
</authentication>
And yes, I have changed Windows Authentication to 'enabled' and Anonymous Authentication to 'disabled'.