Re: WSS Authentication via SQL Server

From: Todd Klindt (usenet_at_klindt.org)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:56:50 -0500

A little birdie told me that WSS v3.0 will support plug in authentication
modules, but that is quite a ways out.

tk
"Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23dNpRybvEHA.2016@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I think that "WSS is dependent on AD" is going too far.
>
> WSS will work
>
> a) In an AD environment
> b) In an (NT) domain environment
> c) In a workgroup environment using only users specified on the WSS server
>
> What it won't work in is any other form of username/password
> authentication - I think like you that I'm sure about that.
>
> So I agree with your answer to the original question i.e. it is very very
> unlikly that you can force WSS to use a database for username/password
> authentication.
>
> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
> "Loke Kit Kai" <kitkaiml@singnet.com.sg> wrote in message
> news:OE6hYJJvEHA.2564@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>I dun think that can be done. WSS is dependent on AD to work
>> "Jesse Charbneau" <groups@thecharbneaus.com> wrote in message
>> news:8c07bd34.0410271105.45069cfb@posting.google.com...
>>> Hi,
>>> Does anyone know of a way to force WSS to use a database for
>>> username / password authentication? What we are trying to do is to
>>> build an application using WSS, but we would like to avoid using AD or
>>> any type of system account for the users. Can this be done?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jess
>>
>>
>
>

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