Re: IIS 5.1 -XP =localhost prompts for username and password?

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From: CreativeONE (news_at_creativeone.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 03:18:25 GMT

Jonathan thanks for the reply...this is driving me crazy :-)

I have been playing with folder properties on wwwroot and have gotten
IUSR_<computername> to view .html and .gif files...but not .asp files in the
root directory.

So I am getting the password prompt on:
http://localhost
http://localhost/localstart.asp

What's got me is why I get the prompt on this and not on:
http://localhost/iisHelp/iis/misc/default.asp

I'm beginning to think it has to do with NTFS permissions on the wwwroot
folder, but I've tried about every combination I know, which has given me
the .html and .gif sucess...but I need to have full access to localhost
without the prompt.

Can you help?

TIA,
Kevin

"Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" <jmaltz@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Does IUSR_<computername> have read access to the files in the folder
>
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> "CreativeONE" <news@creativeone.com> wrote in message
> news:TqDlc.52767$hR1.10992@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> > I have installed IIS 5.1 using XP Pro, when I try to access
> http://localhost
> > I am prompted for a user name and password.
> >
> > "You are not authorized to view this page
> > You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the
> > credentials you supplied.
> > "
> >
> > I do not get the prompt when browsing to
> > http://localhost/iisHelp/iis/misc/default.asp
> >
> > When I browse to http://my_IP_address, I get the same thing.
> > There are no "errors" in my system log.
> > Directory Security is set to Anonymous Acess for IUSR and allow IIS to
> > control password.
> > Basic authentication is unchecked
> > Intergrated Windows Authentication is checked
> > Home Directory is c:\inetpub\wwwroot
> > I have literally tried all the kb articles I could find on MS support
> site,
> > but nothing I've tried has worked.
> > I've uninstalled and reinstalled IIS 5.1 3 times now with the same
> > result..prompt for password.
> > Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
> > TIA,
> > Kevin
> >
> >
>
>

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