Actually, my Domain is an NT4 domain with the web server being 2000 as a
member server.
The \ was given to me by someone a year ago off of a newsgroup... Like I
said it was working earlier. Since then we have had all kinds of problems
so I have completely reinstalled IIS and we are back to normally... at least
it appears this way so far.
What started us down this road was SSL and IIS5.0 problems. I posted a
question about that earlier.
We'll see if it all get's fixed with the reinstall.
Thanks for the reply
-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 11:37 AM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: RE: IIS and Default Domain in Basic Authentication
Hmm... "\" isn't a valid domain on your network. You have to put a real
default domain in there, so users aren't forced to type in a domain. Why
would you expect that to work?
Unless the "\" is a shortcut that tells IIS to use the domain to which the
IIS machine is connected. This may be so, but I haven't seen it documented
anywhere. If it's undocumented, you can't get mad when it doesn't work in a
future version.
In Win2k, domains are of the format @mycompany.com. The backslash
DOMAIN\user notation is only for backwards compatibility. I would try
putting in an @ sign, maybe, to see if the functionality is still there.
>From IIS 4.0 help:
"Setting the Default Logon Domain
Users authenticated with Basic authentication must log on with a valid
Windows NT user name and password. The user name usually includes a domain
name, in addition to the actual account user name, which identifies a
computer or group of computers administered by your Web server as a single
entity. For example, a user account called PhilSpencer on the Sales1 domain
would log on as Sales1/PhilSpencer. However, you can configure your Web
server to assume a default logon domain for all users authenticated with the
Basic method, who do not explicitly provide a domain name.
To set the default logon domain
1. In Internet Service Manager, select a Web site, directory, or file, and
open its property sheets.
2. Select the appropriate Directory Security or File Security property
sheet. Under Anonymous Access and Authentication Control, click Edit.
3. On the Authentication Method dialog box, select the Basic Authentication
check box.
4. Click Edit.
5. In the Basic Authentication Domain dialog box, enter a new default logon
domain. Click Use Default to use the your Web Server's default domain name."
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Saunders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 6:51 AM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: IIS and Default Domain in Basic Authentication
Hey Folks,
Windows 2000 SP2, all critical updates, IIS 5.0.
Within Internet Information Services you can get into the properties for a
particular (subweb / folder) and you can set the Directory Security for a
that item. You have the choices for Anonymous, Basic Authentication, and
Integrated Windows Authentication.
Within Basic Authentication you have a spot for default Domain. If this is
not filled in then the user has to enter their name in the following format:
MYDOMAIN\USERNAME. Then they enter their password and it works.
Well I then changed the default Domain to "\" . I did this on my old IIS4.0
and it worked just fine. I think it means check all domains or something,
but it worked. Well it also worked for IIS5.0 just fine. However somewhere
along the line I must have chaged something, because it will not work know
without me putting the exact Domain name in there.
Does anyone know what could cause the "\" to no longer work, but allow the
domain name itself to work????
Thank you for your time.... if this isn't the appropriate listing to post in
please direct me to one that would be.
Greg Saunders - IT Analyst
The Branch Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 40004, Roanoke, VA 24022
Phone: 540-982-1678 (x406) Fax: 540-982-4217
Carpe diem - Seize the day; Carp in denim - There's a fish in my pants!
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