Validation of viewstate MAC failed with nested master page
- by just_name
After I use a nested master page ,I face the following problem :
Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a
Web Farm or cluster, ensure that configuration specifies
the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot
be used in a cluster.
and sometimes
Invalid related information
[ViewStateException: Invalid viewstate.
Client IP: 127.0.0.1
Port:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0
ViewState: 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...]
[HttpException (0x80004005): Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that <machineKey> configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster.]
System.Web.UI.ViewStateException.ThrowError(Exception inner, String persistedState, String errorPageMessage, Boolean macValidationError) +116
System.Web.UI.ViewStateException.ThrowMacValidationError(Exception inner, String persistedState) +13
System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.Deserialize(String inputString) +220
System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.System.Web.UI.IStateFormatter.Deserialize(String serializedState) +5
System.Web.UI.Util.DeserializeWithAssert(IStateFormatter formatter, String serializedState) +37
System.Web.UI.HiddenFieldPageStatePersister.Load() +202
System.Web.UI.Page.LoadPageStateFromPersistenceMedium() +106
System.Web.UI.Page.LoadAllState() +43
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3905
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +262
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() +79
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(HttpContext context) +21
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) +109
ASP.frm_items2_aspx.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\a961040e\19f53d4c\App_Web_frm_items2.aspx.cdcab7d2.nkfrbsfi.0.cs:0
System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +399
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +76
I use this Tool
to fix this problem but in vain !!
I don't know even the root cause of this problem !!