HTTP Error 401.2 - Unauthorized You are not authorized to view this page due to invalid authentication headers

Question

i want to allow access to Anonymous.aspx page to all user, i have set Basic Authentication to Enabled, and Connect as to specific user.

my problem is when trying to access http://MyIPAddress/MyAlias/Anonymous.aspx, authentication popup appears--ideally it shouldn't, and when i close popup, getting 401.2 Unauthorized error--it's obvious

Error Summary

HTTP Error 401.2 - Unauthorized You are not authorized to view this page due to invalid authentication headers. Error Code 0x80070005

below is snap of my web.config file.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
       <authentication mode=“Windows“/>
   </system.web>

   <location path=“Anonymous.aspx“>
       <system.web>
          <authorization>
              <allow users=“*“/>
          </authorization>
       </system.web>
   </location>
 </configuration>

how can i solve this error.

Solution 1

Make sure Anonymous access is enabled on IIS -> Authentication.

But also right click on it, then click on Edit, and choose a domain\username and password. (With access to the physical folder of the application).

Solution 2

Open Project properties by selecting project then go to

View>Properties Windows

and make sure Anonymous Authentication is Enabled

Solution 3

Same thing happen to me this morning, everything was working fine for weeks before. yes guess what. I change my windows PC user account password yesterday night. (how stupid was I)

So easy fix:

IIS -> authentication -> Anonymous authentication -> edit and set the user and new PASSWORD.

Solution 4

I had the same issue, and spent quite a bit of time trying to track down the solution. I had Anonymous Authentication set up at two different levels with two different users. Make sure that you're not overwriting your set up at a lower level.

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