“When the site administrator has locked access to this section using <location allowOverride=”false“> from an inherited configuration file.”

Question

So I get this error when publishing my ASP.NET MVC application. It works fine locally:

" This happens when the site administrator has locked access to this section using <location allowOverride="false"> from an inherited configuration file.

I had this error before that I fixed:

"System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type 'System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed."

I used the following code in my Web.config file:

<securityPolicy>
  <trustLevel name="Full" policyFile="internal"/>
</securityPolicy>

So does anyone know how I can change my: "<location allowOverride="false"> to true? Cause that must be the problem.

Answer 1

In IIS Manager, select the server node and in the bottom section Feature Delegation. Find your feature and change it to Read/Write.

You have to be an administrator to change this setting.

Answer 2

I was getting the same error...so I solved with two steps. First, adding code in web.config file.

<location path="yourdomain.com" allowOverride="true">
  <system.web>
    <trust level="Full" originUrl=""/>
  </system.web>
</location>

and second, changing IIS Manger. select the server. Open Feature Delegation under management change .NET Trust Level to Read/Write (from right hand Action panel)

Thanks

Answer 3

For me, it was that I forgot that I had modified the "generic" web.config (the one that is located in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework{Your .NET Framework}\Config\web.config).

I had added <location allowOverride="false">, so I removed this tag and it worked as usual.