always being prompted for username/password??!!??

26 Jul 2006 1:51 PM

BW

hi there, this has got to be a complete noob questions but it is driving me
insane. I have a win2k3 server box and winxp box on a network - very simple
setup. win2k3 is dc, dhcp, dns, iis and winxp is client on this domain.
everytime i attempt to view webpage on server from ie on client, it prompts
me for a username/password and only the domain admins will work. it even
prompts for a username/password when logged in as the administrator on the
server! is there a reason for this, it has got integrated windows
authentication selected on iis but this is default i gather as i didn't tick
it.

tia,
BW

26 Jul 2006 6:09 PM

David Wang [Msft]

Since servers are always obligated to ask for username/password for secured
resources, being prompted for username/password indicates a user
misconfiguration.

For example, IE will choose to not auto-authenticate if your server name has
"dots" in it:
http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/07/04/Why_you_get_login_prompt_on_VS2005_with_Integrated_Auth.aspx

If only domain admins will work, then you need to check ACLs of the file
resources on the server to make sure it gives access to the appropriate
users.

http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/12/31/HOWTO_Basics_of_IIS6_Troubleshooting.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/07/14/HOWTO_Diagnose_IIS_401_Access_Denied.aspx

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"BW" <B*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi there, this has got to be a complete noob questions but it is driving
> me
> insane. I have a win2k3 server box and winxp box on a network - very
> simple
> setup. win2k3 is dc, dhcp, dns, iis and winxp is client on this domain.
> everytime i attempt to view webpage on server from ie on client, it
> prompts
> me for a username/password and only the domain admins will work. it even
> prompts for a username/password when logged in as the administrator on the
> server! is there a reason for this, it has got integrated windows
> authentication selected on iis but this is default i gather as i didn't
> tick
> it.
>
> tia,
> BW

27 Jul 2006 4:47 PM

Eric Chaves

Hi BW,

My guess is that you're lacking either NTFS read permission on the
folder for the IUSR_machine account to access the file (in case that you
have allowed anonymous access) or for the local users/group (in cas that you
have allowed only authenticated users access). Check to see if the local
folder or file that you are trying to access has the apropriate NTFS
permissions. This document that may help you start:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=907273

Cheers,

Eric.

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"BW" <B*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF0DADC9-8A44-40ED-9EAB-1E21C78F4AA0@microsoft.com...
> hi there, this has got to be a complete noob questions but it is driving
> me
> insane. I have a win2k3 server box and winxp box on a network - very
> simple
> setup. win2k3 is dc, dhcp, dns, iis and winxp is client on this domain.
> everytime i attempt to view webpage on server from ie on client, it
> prompts
> me for a username/password and only the domain admins will work. it even
> prompts for a username/password when logged in as the administrator on the
> server! is there a reason for this, it has got integrated windows
> authentication selected on iis but this is default i gather as i didn't
> tick
> it.
>
> tia,
> BW