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  • Julie
    #1

    Problem with authentication when using Windows XP in IIS5

    I have a page that authenticates users by reading
    Request.ServerV ariables("AUTH_ USER") and
    Request.ServerV ariables("AUTH_ TYPE"). When users try to access this
    page from windows NT/2000, it works fine (prompts them for their
    credentials when they're not on the same domain, and then lets them
    in). Now, some of the users got XP boxes, and can't get in to the
    page. It prompts them for their credentials but when they enter them,
    just keeps prompting them. The credentials they are entering are
    correct. What is different on XP that is causing this problem and is
    there any setting I can modify on the server side to prevent this from
    happening. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks.
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    • TomB
      #2
      Re: Problem with authentication when using Windows XP in IIS5

      If they aren't part of the domain, they should precede the appropriate
      username with the domain, as in...
      username: Domain\Tom
      password: mysupersecretpa ssword


      "Julie" <julzie245@yaho o.com> wrote in message
      news:3b169031.0 307230720.29d5c 298@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
      > I have a page that authenticates users by reading
      > Request.ServerV ariables("AUTH_ USER") and
      > Request.ServerV ariables("AUTH_ TYPE"). When users try to access this
      > page from windows NT/2000, it works fine (prompts them for their
      > credentials when they're not on the same domain, and then lets them
      > in). Now, some of the users got XP boxes, and can't get in to the
      > page. It prompts them for their credentials but when they enter them,
      > just keeps prompting them. The credentials they are entering are
      > correct. What is different on XP that is causing this problem and is
      > there any setting I can modify on the server side to prevent this from
      > happening. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
      > Thanks.[/color]


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        • Ray at
          #3
          Re: Problem with authentication when using Windows XP in IIS5

          XP is probably loading the page as the FQDN of the machine instead of just
          the netbios name, assuming that's how the users are accessing your site.
          Like, XP looks at http://computername as http://computername.domain.com.
          The FQDN with the .'s in the name will put IE in the Internet zone, in which
          IE will not send logon credentials automatically, by default.

          You can add an entry to the XP machines' hosts files, or you can remove the
          DNS entry for that server and disable DNS updates for it, and then resolve
          the name via WINS, if you still have a WINS server on your network.

          I think you could also create a new DNS master record with just the computer
          name and IP if you only have DNS internally.

          Ray at work

          "Julie" <julzie245@yaho o.com> wrote in message
          news:3b169031.0 307230720.29d5c 298@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
          > I have a page that authenticates users by reading
          > Request.ServerV ariables("AUTH_ USER") and
          > Request.ServerV ariables("AUTH_ TYPE"). When users try to access this
          > page from windows NT/2000, it works fine (prompts them for their
          > credentials when they're not on the same domain, and then lets them
          > in). Now, some of the users got XP boxes, and can't get in to the
          > page. It prompts them for their credentials but when they enter them,
          > just keeps prompting them. The credentials they are entering are
          > correct. What is different on XP that is causing this problem and is
          > there any setting I can modify on the server side to prevent this from
          > happening. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
          > Thanks.[/color]


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