Re: Windows Authentication and Windows Server ASP.NET

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From: Jim Hughes (NOSPAMJ3033_at_Hotmail.com)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:32:39 -0800

Using a fully qualified domain name or ip address in a url will always force
a prompt if authentication is required.

NTLM authentication is only done automatically if a "simple" name is used.
(e.g. http://myserver as opposed to http://myserver.mycompany.com or
http://192.168.1.100 )

"Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:571B0C64-F3AD-426C-9A2D-E0DE210F1941@microsoft.com...
> I'm building a web app in C# for use on a company intranet. I want to
> restrict access to only authenticated users on the domain. There is
> plenty
> of documentation on this subject except for one issue that I've come
> across.
>
> When running this on IIS installed on my Windows XP deveopment system, any
> authenticated user on the domain can access the page and using the
> Security
> object I can identify them.
>
> However, when running the app on a Windows 2000 Server, users are always
> asked for their username and password. I cannot figure out how to get the
> information automatically handled by the server.
>
> I've gone through all of the recommended settings for IIS and the
> web.config
> file and cannot get rid of this prompt. Is this normal or expected? Any
> help would be appreciated.

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