Logo Questions Linux Laravel Mysql Ubuntu Git Menu
 

How to generate an 401 error programmatically in an ASP.NET page

As you can see this is a question from a non web developer. I would like to have an ASPX page which, under certain circumstances, can generate a 401 error from code. Ideally it would show the IIS standard page.

like image 728
Detlef D. Doerscheln Avatar asked Oct 20 '08 06:10

Detlef D. Doerscheln


People also ask

How do I trigger a 401 error?

One of the most common reasons you might experience a 401 error is that your browser's cache and cookies are out of date, preventing the authorization from successfully going through. If your browser isn't using the valid authentication credentials (or any at all), the server will reject the request.

What do you mean by 401 error code in API?

The 401 Unauthorized Error is an HTTP status code error that represented the request sent by the client to the server that lacks valid authentication credentials. It may be represented as 401 Unauthorized, Authorization required, HTTP error 401- Unauthorized. It represents that the request could not be authenticated.

How do I check my 401 error?

In this guide, we've gone over five methods to solve the 401 Unauthorized Error code: Confirm the URL is correct – double-check the URL in case it's misspelled or outdated. Clear user end issues – clear the browser's cache and cookies for a possible solution. If that fails, try flushing your DNS cache.


2 Answers

Response.StatusCode = 401; Response.End(); 
like image 135
Mark Cidade Avatar answered Oct 19 '22 23:10

Mark Cidade


Set Response.StatusCode and then - if you need to stop execution - call Response.End().

like image 28
Jon Skeet Avatar answered Oct 20 '22 00:10

Jon Skeet