Asp.net mvc restrict specific users to access folder content

Question

I am trying to restrict users(except admin) to access my folder images. For example the path is:

~/content/images/coverBeg.jpg

If the use

Answer 1

It's because static content, like images, are served directly by IIS, not involving MVC pipeline. To change that, you can do the following:

add

<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">

to <system.webServer> section of site's web.config. It will run MVC pipeline for every request, including static files - like css, js and images.

Then your config from above will work (I mean your 2nd approach).