Handling HTTP Error 404.8 error in an MVC project [duplicate]

Question

I have set up a general error page where I want the user directed whenever something somewhere throws a wobbly. However I can't seem to get the user directed to the error page when they try to access a restricted path - such as App_Data. Instead they see an unfriendly: HTTP Error 404.8 - Not Found bla bla bla..

My webconfig:

<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/Home/RenderError">
</customErrors>

I have also tried this:

<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/Home/RenderError">
  <error statusCode="404" redirect="~/Home/RenderError" />
</customErrors>

Any idea? Thank you!

Lewis Hai · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-22 02:58:38Z

1

I think that you should define an Error controller for handle custom errors. It looks like

public class ErrorController : Controller
{
  public ViewResult Index()// It is used for **defaultRedirect**
  {
    return View("Error");
  }
  public ViewResult Error404()
  {
    Response.StatusCode = 404;  
    return View("Error404");// Not found
  }
  public ViewResult Error403()
  {
    Response.StatusCode = 403; 
    return View("UnauthorizedAccess");
  }

}

And your view as

<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/Error">
   <error redirect="~/Error/Error404" statusCode="404" />
   <error redirect="~/Error/UnauthorizedAccess" statusCode="403" />
</customErrors>

Hope it helps!

edited Dec 22, 2015 at 2:58

answered Dec 22, 2015 at 2:46

Lewis Hai

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3 Comments

DeanR Over a year ago

Hi, thanks for the response! However I don't think this will fix my issue as the end result is the same - it doesn't catch the 404.8 error

Lewis Hai Over a year ago

Hi, did you handle error on Application_Error on Global.asax.cs?

Lewis Hai Over a year ago

It may help you stackoverflow.com/questions/13905164/…

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