On Sep 17, 1:12 pm, kazi <k...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I've winxp sp2 with IIS 5.1. I want to enable basic auth: on my virtual
> website which is redirecting to a diff: URL. Currently the fwding of url
> works without asking any usrname/pswd even though Anonymous is disabled and
> Basic auth is enabled. However if I select "A dir located on this computer"
> and select a path then while accessing the virtual website, I prompts me to
> enter a usrname/pswd.
> Is there a way to get that username/pswd prompt while " A redirection to
> URL" is selected in virutal dir:
> Any suggestion is appreciated.
>
> Thnx

On Sep 17, 2:04 pm, kazi <k...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I want to auth: on same XP machine within its local users and once auth done
> then the real url should load. I know it may not make sense but it's hard for
> me to explain the scenerio. Just ignore the secuirty issue for a moment or
> even whatever my scenerio is. Do you think, it's possible to enable basic
> auth: along with url redirection.
>
> Thnx
>
>
>
> "David Wang" wrote:
> > On Sep 17, 1:12 pm, kazi <k...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > I've winxp sp2 with IIS 5.1. I want to enable basic auth: on my virtual
> > > website which is redirecting to a diff: URL. Currently the fwding of url
> > > works without asking any usrname/pswd even though Anonymous is disabled and
> > > Basic auth is enabled. However if I select "A dir located on this computer"
> > > and select a path then while accessing the virtual website, I prompts me to
> > > enter a usrname/pswd.
> > > Is there a way to get that username/pswd prompt while " A redirection to
> > > URL" is selected in virutal dir:
> > > Any suggestion is appreciated.
>
> > > Thnx
>
> > Do you want the user to login against your XP IIS5.1 and then forward
> > the user onto the real URL to access?
>
> > If so, then that authentication scheme seems insecure to me. And if
> > you don't want to authentication against XP, then you also don't want
> > to do this.
>
> > In other words, I don't understand what you want to accomplish, but
> > what you are trying to do does not make sense.
>
> > //David
> >http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> >http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
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