Re: Access server using PP and domain account
From: Enomagic (enomagic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/02/04
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Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:08:47 +1000
By the way, UPN seems to work as well.
Cheers
Ben
"Enomagic" <enomagic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e6xRQf0iEHA.1432@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> You're a champion - this is gold.
> MS had told me this wasn't possible. Glad I surf these groups......
>
> Enomagic
>
> "Earl Lewis" <Earldotlewisatutahdotedu> wrote in message
> news:e$pxGouiEHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Enomagic,
> >
> > I suffered from the same (false) assumption about the workstation
> credentials. With Windows XP using the windows authentication isn't
strictly
> the credentials you use to login to the workstation. Read on...
> >
> > Let's try a checklist approach. And remember, this is what's working for
> me - your mileage may vary.
> >
> > This configuration assumes Windows XP Professional on workstation -
which
> is my case
> >
> > >>These are server configuration steps<<
> > - user account is setup on domain (in Active Directory) in which project
> server resides
> > - user account is created and setup on project server
> > - user account on project server is set to use windows authentication
> > - user ID in project server is entered in [domain]\username format
> >
> > >>These are workstation configuration steps<<
> > - project server URL is added to list of trusted sites in IE
> > - project server FQDN is added to list of network account passwords to
> store
> > (this is found in control panel>>user accounts>>[select desired
> account]>>manage network passwords
> > - make sure account information entered for this entry is the same as
the
> AD credentials
> > - you may need to add a DNS search suffix to your IP configuration to
> resolve the hostname to the FQDN
> >
> > Have you had a network guy on the far side watch for your incoming
traffic
> to see if it's making it into the target domain? They can do this with a
> sniffer program. Try to coordinate it with your tech support people if
there
> is such a thing.
> >
> > Hope that helps some.
> >
> > Earl
> >
> >
> >
> > >>> Enomagic<enomagic@hotmail.com> 8/24/2004 5:48:25 PM >>>
> > Earl,
> > I read that reply and having problems seeing the magic that gets this
> > scenario to work.
> > PWA is easy. No probs there.
> >
> > My conceptual issue is the fact that when you configure an account to
> > connect to ProjServer with, you only have the choice of proj auth (not
the
> > question here) and select "Use Windows user account" which is not
> > configurable and uses the credentials that you logged onto the
workstation
> > with - how do you get by this? What part of your setup gets around
this?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Enomagic
> >
> >
> > "Earl Lewis" <Earldotlewisatutahdotedu> wrote in message
> > news:ODwWqEfiEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Enomagic (interesting moniker),
> > >
> > > To clarify, I am using windows authentication for project professional
> > against a project server that resides in a domain that my workstation
does
> > not belong to and I do not login to for any other purpose. In other
words
> I
> > use a local workstation login on startup and am able to successfully
> connect
> > to and run project pro and project web access from my workstation.
> > >
> > > See my post dated 8/17/2004 11:19:29 AM in reply to "SizzleMaster's
> > WWW-Authenticate header error" post.
> > >
> > > Earl
> > >
> > > >>> Enomagic<enomagic@hotmail.com> 8/22/2004 10:56:26 PM >>>
> > > Earl,
> > > the originater of this posting responded to me on .project.server
group
> > > saying I was wrong and that you said you were able to do what he
> > originally
> > > asked i.e. connect to Project Professional (PP) with a domain account
> when
> > > the client is not in the same domain as the server.
> > >
> > > I would be really interested in knowing how you have got around the
hard
> > > coding of the Project Professional client that gives you 2 options to
> log
> > > onto the Project Server - 1) using the "Use Windows user account"
option
> > > which only lets you use the account which you logged into the client
> > machine
> > > with, or 2) use a project server account (which isn't a domain
account).
> > >
> > > His comment was that I was wrong and the Earl said you could do it.
Is
> > this
> > > true, if so, this is of great benefit to us so could you please advise
> on
> > > how you managed to achieve this.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > Enomagic
> > >
> > > "Earl Lewis" <Earldotlewisatutahdotedu> wrote in message
> > > news:O4twfFJhEHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > > I connect to a project server in a domain that my workstation is not
a
> > > part of using all of the settings I mentioned in my reply to your
> earlier
> > > post. Please check that and see if it helps.
> > > >
> > > > Also, posting the same problem 4 or 5 times in the same day doesn't
> get
> > > any more attention than 1 well-written post. In fact some NG readers
> tend
> > to
> > > ignore posts like that. I know this is frustrating and you want an
> answer
> > > but sometimes it just takes time. Remember, this is voluntary for
> everyone
> > > here.
> > > >
> > > > Earl
> > > >
> > > > >>> SizzleMaster<larry@datasculpting.com> 8/17/2004 11:43:08 AM >>>
> > > > Can this be done? Or do you need to use a project server account?
If
> > the
> > > > latter, how do you reconcile these accounts so that one set of data
is
> > > > associated with both. I can't merge them in PS. I seem to need the
> > > domain
> > > > accounts in order to log into PWA and the SharePoint sites. If I
turn
> > off
> > > > Windows Auth and just use basic with SSL, I can't log into PWA.
> > > >
> > > > This is driving me nuts. Any help would be GREATLY appreicated.
> > > >
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