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copied!<p>Add the following to your root <code>web.config</code> for each folder you want to secure:</p> <pre><code><location path="secure_folder"> <system.webServer> <security> <authentication> <anonymousAuthentication enabled="false" /> <basicAuthentication enabled="true" /> </authentication> </security> </system.webServer> </location> </code></pre> <p>The above assumes that you're using Basic Authentication.</p> <p>Alternatively create a <code>web.config</code> in each sub folder to be secured with pretty much the same (except without the <code><location></code> tag:</p> <pre><code><system.webServer> <security> <authentication> <anonymousAuthentication enabled="false" /> <basicAuthentication enabled="true" /> </authentication> </security> </system.webServer> </code></pre> <p>If receive an error such as:</p> <blockquote> <p>There was an error while performing this operation.</p> <p>Details: </p> <p>Filename: \?\d:\sites\play1\www\web.config</p> <p>Line number: 15</p> <p>Error: This configuration section cannot be used at this path. This happens when the section is locked at a parent level. Locking is either by default (overrideModeDefault="Deny"), or set explicitly by a location tag with overrideMode="Deny" or the legacy allowOverride="false".</p> </blockquote> <p>Then it means that the configuration settings for <code><anonymousAuthentication></code> and <code><basicAuthentication></code> haven't been delegated Read/Write permissions.</p> <p>You can adjust this by launching IIS Manager and opening the Feature Delegation manager:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/QsFX8.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>When you do this you'll see a list of features that can be controlled and their delegation state:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/FKaHl.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Right click on <code>Authentication - Anonymous</code> and select <code>Read/Write</code>. Do the same for <code>Authentication - Basic</code>.</p> <p>This feature delegation setting will be applied globally across all sites on the server, however it is possible to fine tune this to specific sites using Custom Site Delegation.</p> <p>You can read more about IIS 7.x/8.0 Feature Delegation here:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.iis.net/learn/manage/managing-your-configuration-settings/an-overview-of-feature-delegation-in-iis" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.iis.net/learn/manage/managing-your-configuration-settings/an-overview-of-feature-delegation-in-iis</a></p> </blockquote>

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