Re: WebDAV and windows authentication?

Hello,

does the IXMLHttpRequest interface even support integrated authentication? The documentation states: "bstrUser [in, optional]: Name of the user for authentication. If this parameter is Null ("") or missing and the site requires authentication, the component displays a logon window."

And the remarks section of the interface states: "Note IXMLHTTPRequest does not support secure website access. To access a secure website, use the WinINet API."

So I guess you'll have to use WinInet and parse the response with a IXMLDomDocument. But be aware, that some exchange properties are not returned as wellformed xml (they have a local name starting with "0x", which is not allowed by xml).

Best regards,
Henning Krause

"Jellobiaffra" <greken80@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1168414048.311184.74520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Henning, thank you for your response.

I have previously set up the correct access rights (receive as/send as)
for the account. As I said, when I log in using the account/pwd in the
code, it works fine, but this is not my prefered method.

To clarify, previously the same application used ExOLEDB to access the
exchange store, but we are changing to WebDAV so that it won't have to
be installed directly on the server. The app was run as a service on
the exchange server by an account with correct access rights, and could
then access the exchange store without having to log in (no need to
provide account/pwd in the code).

I am not familiar with the concept of integrated security and hence
don't know if it is active. Could you help me out?

Thanks again!


Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange] skrev:

Hello,

if you want to access random mailboxes, you need access to those mailbox
(See http://www.infinitec.de/articles/exchange/grantmailboxaccess.aspx).

For the Windows Authentication: Do you have enabled Integrated Security on
the Exchange virtual root?

Best regards,
Henning Krause

"Jellobiaffra" <greken80@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1168351880.162897.277240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,
>
> I am attempting an application that should access the exchange store
> via WebDAV. The application should be able to access a random users
> mailbox/calendar/contacts etc using an account that has access rights
> to these. The app is written in C++ and uses XMLHttp for communication
> with the exchange server.
>
> When I specify the account details (uid/pwd) in XMLHttp.open (..)
> everything works fine, but I would like to use windows authentication
> instead. The application should be started as a service by an account
> that has correct access rights. Can I use windows authentication to
> access the exchange store and thus not have to specify uid/pwd when I
> open a session to the server?
>
> I have tried but it wont work, I get HTTP 401, access denied as
> response from the server. Can this be done? Do I have to do something
> special in the code for it to work?
>
>
> Thanks for any help.
>


.

Relevant Pages