Single user id to access web site??

28 Feb 2006 7:33 PM

todd.prickett

Hi,
I have a site that I want to use basic auth over SSL. I want a single
login (I'm going to be the only user). The machine currently has a few

user account already that I don't want to remove. How do I limit IIS
to ONLY allow a single login to access the web (i.o.w. only this user
ID will be accepted by the basic auth password prompt).

This is on IIS 5 and WinXP Pro using workgroups.

TIA

1 Mar 2006 5:51 AM

Ken Schaefer

Change the NTFS permissions on the files in question.

Remember that authentication and authorization are two distinct operations.
Any user can /authenticate/ by supplying valid username/password
combination. But that doesn't mean that the user is authorized to read the
files. By changing the NTFS permissions on the files, you can choose who is
authorized to read those files.

Cheers
Ken

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: Hi,
: I have a site that I want to use basic auth over SSL. I want a single
: login (I'm going to be the only user). The machine currently has a few
:
: user account already that I don't want to remove. How do I limit IIS
: to ONLY allow a single login to access the web (i.o.w. only this user
: ID will be accepted by the basic auth password prompt).
:
: This is on IIS 5 and WinXP Pro using workgroups.
:
: TIA
:

1 Mar 2006 1:35 PM

todd.prickett

Ken Schaefer wrote:

> Change the NTFS permissions on the files in question.

Thanks Ken. I have a look there.