Re: Active Directory mode security and SPS 2003?

From: Shane Young (syoung)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:06:48 -0500

You can install SharePoint in Active Directory Account Creation Mode. But
if you do this then you can not use any existing domain accounts. Still
there is no functionality for automatically letting people register on your
site. 

-- 
Shane Young
http://www.lucruminc.com
"Ed" <emclaughlin@svmsolutions.com> wrote in message 
news:1107192257.976241.141090@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> My understanding is that SharePoint Portal Server 2003 does *not* allow
> the use of Active Directory mode for security. Can someone confirm this
> for me?
>
> If so, I assume this means that any authenticated user of the site will
> have to have a domain account, whether it's an admin, content manager
> or read only user (assuming I don't have anonymous access set). Is this
> correct?
>
> I'd like to be able to deploy SPS 2003 in such a way that users can
> self-register and site administrators can create user accounts on the
> fly without requiring the creation of an account in the domain and
> without having to interact with Windows 2003 administration. Is it
> impossible to do this with SPS 2003? If so, is there a new version out
> or on the way that lifts the restriction against Active Directory mode
> security?
>

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