UrlAuthorizationModule Class
Verifies that the user has permission to access the URL requested. This class cannot be inherited.
Namespace: System.Web.Security
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
The UrlAuthorizationModule type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | CheckUrlAccessForPrincipal | Determines whether the user has access to the requested file. |
| Dispose | Releases all resources, other than memory, used by the UrlAuthorizationModule. |
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Init | Initializes the UrlAuthorizationModule object. |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
The UrlAuthorizationModule determines whether the current user is permitted access to the requested URL, based on the user Name or the list of roles that a user is a member of. For information about how the user name is determined, see ASP.NET Authentication. For information about how to manage user roles, see Managing Authorization Using Roles.
Authorization for a user or a role is managed using the authorization configuration element. You can allow or deny a user or a role using the allow or deny subelements, respectively. The allow and deny subelements are interpreted in the order they appear in the configuration. Once an element specifies that access is allowed or denied, the UrlAuthorizationModule completes its authorization check. For example, the following authorization section from a Web.config file requires users to log on (by denying anonymous users), and then allows only users in the Administrators role to have access. Users not in the Administrators role are denied.
<authorization> <deny users="?" /> <allow roles="Administrators" /> <deny users="*" /> </authorization>
A user or role must be specifically denied to refuse the user or role permission to a URL. That is, if the previous example had not specified the <deny users="*" /> element, then all authenticated users would have been allowed access to the requested URL, regardless of what role they were a member of.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
