title: Cannot use a leading ../ to exit above the top directory
body: <p>I have a asp.net web site with it we have admin area with login page for admin only and all site is allowed for all - i need to ask how to define the right security configuration for it as i get this error </p>
  
  <pre>Cannot use a leading .. to exit above the top directory. 
  Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 
  
  Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Cannot use a leading .. to exit above the top directory.
  
  Source Error: 
  
  An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.  
  
  Stack Trace: 
  
  
  [HttpException (0x80004005): Cannot use a leading .. to exit above the top directory.]
     System.Web.Util.UrlPath.ReduceVirtualPath(String path) +8862087
     System.Web.Util.UrlPath.Reduce(String path) +52
     System.Web.Util.UrlPath.Combine(String appPath, String basepath, String relative) +214
     System.Web.UI.Control.ResolveClientUrl(String relativeUrl) +180
     System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image.AddAttributesToRender(HtmlTextWriter writer) +68
     System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriter writer) +20
     System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +20
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +27
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +99
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) +25
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) +134
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) +19
     System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) +163
     System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlContainerControl.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +32
     System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm.Render(HtmlTextWriter output) +51
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +27
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +99
     System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) +40
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) +134
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) +19
     System.Web.UI.Control.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +10
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +27
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +99
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) +25
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) +134
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) +19
     System.Web.UI.Page.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +29
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +27
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +99
     System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) +25
     System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1266</pre>
  
  <p>my configuration file : </p>
  
  <pre><code> &lt;authentication mode="Forms"&gt;
    &lt;forms name=".ASPXFORMSAUTH" protection="All" loginUrl="Admin/LoginPage.aspx" path="/" enableCrossAppRedirects="true"&gt;
    &lt;/forms&gt;
  &lt;/authentication&gt;
  &lt;authorization&gt;
    &lt;deny users="*" /&gt;
  &lt;/authorization&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
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