passport Element for authentication (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Specifies the page to redirect to if the page requires authentication and the user has not signed on with Microsoft Passport authentication.
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
authentication Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
passport Element for authentication (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<passport redirectUrl="redirectURL" />
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
redirectUrl | Required attribute. The URL to which the request is redirected. This is typically the URL to a Passport login page. The default is "internal". |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
Element | Description |
|---|---|
configuration | The required root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications. |
system.web | Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration settings in a configuration file. Contains configuration elements that configure ASP.NET Web applications and control how the applications behave. |
authentication | Configures the ASP.NET authentication scheme that is used to identify users who view an ASP.NET application. |
The passport element specifies the page to redirect to if the page requires authentication and the user has not signed on with Microsoft Passport authentication. This element is only effective if the mode attribute of the authentication element is set to Passport. For more information, see Passport Authentication Provider.
Default Configuration
The following default authentication element is not explicitly configured in the machine configuration file or in the root Web.config file, but is the default configuration returned by application.
<passport redirectUrl="internal" />
