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iis security : Problems with IIS 5 default domain



davelj
4/21/2006 8:02:01 AM
I have a W2000 server running IIS 5 for my local intranet and a help desk
website. We use basic authentication and I have set the default domain to my
local domain name. When a user attempts to login the login is rejected unless
the user enters his login as domain\username. When the user only enters
username, I get an event log entry showing that the server is attempting to
authenticate the user against the local server instead of the domain.

I have tried resetting the default domain through the Internet Services
Manager both at the server and at the website level with no change. I
installed Metaedit and searched for defaultlogondomain and found that all of
the entries were pointing at the domain name and not the server name so I
can't figure out why this is happening.

Roger Abell [MVP]
4/21/2006 9:45:38 AM
Is Windows integrated authentication also enabled ?
For the default domain to be used you must force use of
the clear text (basic) login.

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davelj
4/21/2006 9:59:02 AM
Windows integrated authentication is not enabled. Basic authentication is the
only authentication method enabled.

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