asp.net hosting - forms authentication not working for .htm files

Question

Hi,

I've put a password around a website for preview purposes - it has .htm files generated by a content management system and .aspx files.

On my pc the Forms authentication restricts the .htm - but deployed live it does not - only the aspx files are restricted.

I realise that it maybe something specific to my hosting package (pipe10) but can anyone point me in the right direction please?

Thanks,

Andy

Answer 1

Probably .htm files are served directly by IIS and never pass through the ASP.NET pipeline to verify authentication. This is a common problem with IIS 6. You might need to configure IIS to associate the .htm extension with the aspnet_isapi filter.