Each web application inherits settings from the machine. config file and basic web. config file. In addition, you can separately set each web application. For example, you can set a specific method for authorization, set the debugging type, set the default language or define the error page. Add a web. config file to the virtual root directory of the Web application. If you want to add your own settings to a subdirectory, add a web. config file to the subdirectory and add the corresponding settings.
The Web. config file cannot Reload all settings in the machine. config file. For example, if the mode is set, it cannot be set separately for each web application. Some special application settings can only be set in the web. config file of the virtual root directory of the website, but not in the web. config file of the subdirectory.
The inheritance relationships of ASP. NET configuration files are as follows: