Re: Multiple Logon Prompts

From: Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server] (oenews01_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/25/05


Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:00:34 +0200

Hello,
pom69 wrote:
> Greetings. I am the webmaster for a site where I have limited access
> to the server I work on (I have to VPN into a fixed location in order
> to make changes). This is a Windows server running IIS, but I don't
> know which version for certain.
>
oha - this fact you should know and you should have full admin access.

> On the site I work on there are two main directories. One is open to
> everyone, the other is used as a password protected area. I have
> received a few emails from people who are supposed to be set up for
> the password protected areas of the site who report getting multiple
> login prompts when trying to access portions of the site.
>
> Without having access to their computer, what can I do to determine
> what could be causing the problem? I am not familiar with all of the
> aspects of Windows security.
>
> Given my description above (hopefully it makes sense), are any of the
> following possibilities?
>
> - user's authentication set up incorrectly on server
>
Often you will see NTFS permissions not properly set, often it may be
authentication issues.
To dig those down you need to configure Auditing on the server and watch the
event log. For getting details about how to configure a good starter is the
Windows help of the server.

Best greetings from Germany
Olaf



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