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FormsAuthenticationConfiguration.Path Property

.NET Framework 3.5

Other Versions

Gets or sets the cookie path.

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

Syntax

C++

JScript

[ConfigurationPropertyAttribute("path", DefaultValue = "/")]
[StringValidatorAttribute(MinLength = )]
public string Path { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The path of the HTTP cookie to use for authentication. The default value is a slash (/), which represents the Web-application root.

Remarks

The Path property indicates where the authentication cookie resides and is transmitted along with the authentication cookie itself.

Examples

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

// Get the current Path.
string currentPath = formsAuthentication.Path;
// Set the Path property.
formsAuthentication.Path = "newPath";

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

Protection

Other Resources

authentication Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

forms Element for authentication (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

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