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FormsAuthenticationConfiguration.Domain Property

.NET Framework 3.5

Other Versions

Gets or sets the domain name to be sent with forms authentication cookies.

Namespace: System.Web.Configuration
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

C++

JScript

[ConfigurationPropertyAttribute("domain", DefaultValue = "")]
public string Domain { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The name of the domain for the outgoing forms authentication cookies. Default is an empty string.

Remarks

The Domain is used for the authentication cookies.

This property corresponds to the value of HttpCookie.Domain.

This setting will take precedence over the domain attribute of the httpCookies section for forms authentication cookies.

Examples

The following code example shows how to access the Domain property. Refer to the code example in the FormsAuthenticationConfiguration class topic to learn how to get the section.

// Get the current Domain.
string currentDomain = 
    formsAuthentication.Domain;

// Set the current Domain
formsAuthentication.Domain = "newDomain";

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

FormsAuthenticationConfiguration Class

FormsAuthenticationConfiguration Members

System.Web.Configuration Namespace

Other Resources

authentication Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

credentials Element for forms for authentication (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

httpCookies Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

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