Re: IIS 5.1, Anonymous Browsing & FP Secured Publishing

From: Tom Kaminski [MVP] ((A_at_T))
Date: 02/26/04


Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:05:17 -0500


<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2ab901c3fc9f$a41dc580$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> After Restarting IIS on the "host" and FrontPage on
> the "client", YES, I do get a prompt for user name and
> password. When I enter the user name and password the
> prompt returns, as if it wasn't accepted. I have tried
> reading all of the documentation for IIS security and XP
> but feel like I am going around in circles. I think I
> need IIS security and FrontPage for Dummies. The setup
> looks like this;
>
> IIS 5.1 w/FPSE 2002 running on XP PRO connected to a hub
> (IP 192.168.0.2), hub connected to a router (IP
> 192.168.0.1) and router hooked up to broadband.
>
> Client is XP PRO running FrontPage at IP 192.168.0.4
> hooked up to the same hub.
> FrontPage destination is http://192.168.0.2/webname
>
> I have tried playing with this off and on for months and
> give up in frustration and take the easy way out (allow
> anonymous authoring). The setup seems small and streight
> forward. Is there any step by step documentation that
> will walk me through setting this up correctly in the
> type of enviorment I just described?

It's most likely a matter of NTFS permissions. The account you created need
change permissions (of FrontPage "Author" access) on the web files and
folders. W2K and WXP are the same in this regard ...

HOW TO: Configure IIS 5.0 Web Site Authentication in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310344
HOW TO: Configure User and Group Access on an Intranet in Windows 2000 or
Windows NT 4.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325358

Make sure you disable simple file sharing in XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040

-- 
Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/iis/


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