Re: IIS 5.0 password protected website problem
From: Tom Kaminski [MVP] ((A_at_T))
Date: 09/04/03
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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:06:47 -0400
"Steve Holland" <holland_s@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> We are experiencing a strange problem with all websites we password
protect.
> We have a win2k/IIS5 server which we host test versions of websites we
> develop. All of the sites are password protected, using folder security.
We
> removed IUSR account and added a locally created user, in IIS, on the
> 'Directory Security' tab of properties, we click 'anonymous access and
> authentication control', in here 'Anonymous Access' and 'Basic
> Authentication' are the only two options checked (not all of our users use
> IE). This all works fine, users browses to page, asked to login, enter
> correct details, in they go. The problem which we have is that the website
> is written in ASP and uses a global.asa to provide some Application Level
> variables, namely the database connection string. What seems to happen is
> that intermittently these variables seem to disappear from memory, thus
> breaking the site (can't connect to db). This problem only occurs on
> websites which are password protected. The exact same website located on a
> development server or on the live server never suffers from this problem.
We
> have tried password-protecting websites on other servers and the same
> problem occurs so its not a problem with the machine itself.
>
> I've never seen this problem before (it didn't seem to happen on WinNT4).
> It's either a problem with the way we are setting up the password
> protecting, or its a MS bug, either way its causing us a lot of problems
and
> we'd like to fix it one way or another. If any out there has seen this
> before and knows a fix, or a better way of password-protecting sites I'd
be
> very happy to hear from you.
You're not crazy - I've seen the same exact thing happen and have never
received an explanation from MS. It was happening quite a bit about 8
months ago and I got it to stop but I can't remember what I did to fix it.
Coincidentally, it just happened on a different web the other day. I opened
global.asa and made a minor insignificant change (added a space char
somewhere) and it's been working the rest of the week.
-- Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/iis/
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