Author: coolblue | Posted on: 1/20/2009 3:12:58 AM | Views : 276

I need to secure files such as PDF on my site using forms authentication. I have followed a tutorial here



I have built a simple test site which contains simply a secured folder with a default page and a pdf file and then a login page which requires only a button press to log in.



It works perfectly on my XP machine, however if I put the exact same code up to our any of our web servers (server 2003) the authentication works but pdf files are no longer delivered at all (even the ones in the unsecured area). I am deliverd instead to a page whth the foillowing error message.



Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage



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