Forms Authentication set to None, but authentication with SQL Server is still being attempted

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How can I disable forms authentication? Every time I navigate to a page, the page tries to authenticate through an SQL instance on server. I have set forms authentication to none, but still no change.

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 <system.web>
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="65536" executionTimeout="3600"/>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
<!--<authorization>
  <allow users="*"/>
</authorization>-->
<!--<authentication mode="None">
  <forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880" defaultUrl="~/" />
</authentication>-->
<profile defaultProvider="DefaultProfileProvider">
  <providers>
    <add name="DefaultProfileProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultProfileProvider,

System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" applicationName="/" />

FormsAuthentication has nothing to do with SQL. It is strictly a cookie based system. Something else is obviously occurring that is causing a database access. I notice you have a profile provider.. that is most likely doing database access. — Erik Funkenbusch

nikk nikk · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-04T17:56:16

Okay, so I went with leaving Forms Authentication enabled, and rather setup IIS to have access rights to an instance of SQL Express installed the server. All pages work fine now.

Forms Authentication set to None, but authentication with SQL Server is still being attempted

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