Re: Forms Authentication with Active Directory

From: Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor] (dbaier_at_pleasepleasenospamdevelop.com)
Date: 09/22/05


Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:17:08 -0700

Hello E. Kwong" ekwong999AThotmail.com,

you have to map the .pdf and .doc extensions to aspnet_isapi in the IIS script
mappings - this will do the trick.
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Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
http://www.leastprivilege.com

> We are interested in using Forms Authentication with Active Directory.
> We understand that the presence of web.config prevents access to .aspx
> files unless authenticated. Is there similar mechanism that
> authenticate users against AD when they want to access Word files or
> PDF files? We prefer not to use IIS Integrated Windows
> Authentication.
>
> Thanks.
>



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