Disable "Enter Network Password" for Web Site

Hello,

I'm trying to disable the "Enter Network Password" dialog when trying to access my website.

I'm on a Windows 2k Server, that has my website directory on a shared server.

When trying to goto my website...the "Enter Network Password" dialog prompts up with uses name, password, and domain.

How do I disable it so anyone who visits my website doesn't need to enter log-in information?

Thanks,
Bobby

You need to enable anonymous authentication to your site. Make sure this is enabled in IIS and then make sure that the IUSR_computername account has the correct permissions on the web directory folder.

Hello,

Does it have to be IUSR_computername? How can I tell what the computername is? I don't know why but I'm having an extremely hard time resolving this issue.

I also read somewhere that you may need to enable the IUSR_computername to have "Log on Locally" rights?
Ahhhh

SO CONFUSING for me

No, but if you use a different account you must give IIS the username and password of the different account to use.



Open system from the control panel and select the computer name tab.



I wasn't sure about this, but I just checked on two of my servers and the IUSR_computername account does have log on locally permissions.

Hey thanks for the reply and help.

The "log on locally" rights I read was on a tutorial that was to allow certain ASP permissions to be executed to do a specific task. So I was wrong there, sorry about that.

I think my situation was to vague when I asked this question.

Basically, I'm on a Windows2k machine running IIS 5.0 that is acting as a web server for my website. The IIS setup uses a directory (for my web site) that's on a shared server on the network.

I found out my computername, and checked "anonymous access" part in IIS. The part I'm not sure about now is the permission setting on the actual physical directory thats hosted onto the network outside of my machine. That machine (the main network) also has a internet guest account with the same IUSR_compname as the one I have on the local machine.

When I connect to the main network, goto the website directory, add the "IUSR_compname" to the permissions it has a different path or domain. For example, the main network IUSR looks like MainNet\IUSR_compname, and the local machine (the one my IIS web server is runnin) uses Mysite\IUSR_compname--therefore they're not the same accounts.

Setup is sort of confusing , as you see why I still haven't gotten this to workout for me.

Do you have any idea what I'm talking about?

Thanks A LOT
Bobby

I now see what your problem is. I think the way round this is to create identical accounts on both computers. Create an account with a certain username/password on one computer then create an identical account (same username/password) on the other computer. Make sure that this account has permissions to access the web folder on the one computer, and also make sure that this is the account being used as the guest account in IIS. I'm not completely sure about this, but I guess it'd work.

Hi,

i researched more on my problem.

I think I already tried what you were trying to tell me to do.

The thing that confuses me is that the IUSR_computername being used on my IIS (web server) needing permission on the virtual web directory is NOT needed. --I think this because on the IIS setting -> Home Directory > "A share located on another computer" is checked >> Connect As [button]

Once clickong on the "connect as" button, it allows me to enter a username/pw to allow network directory security credentials --> I entered the administrator account user and pw correctly, therefore the anony account being used on IIS will act as the adminstrator (but with less features because you can check which ones tow allow in IIS).

The problem I think comes down to this.

Since it gives me a 401.1 error when trying to access my web site, that means its an unauthorized log-in (nothing dealin with permissions yet). So I'm figuring it has to do something with the username / pw OR perhaps the Admin/username I entered under "connect as" is wrong--I'll need to check with this later on the day.

Some questions I have:
Should I allow IIS to control password under Directory Security > edit?

Would the IIS metabase pw be causing my problem?

I also made sure that under User management, I set the IUSR_computername to the same password I set it under IIS. When doing this it still does not work.

Thanks Again,
Bobby

I've moved this thread to the IIS forum where someone else may perhaps be able to help.

I don't think it'd make a difference whether or not you allow IIS to control the password. As long as the correct password is used (so you typed in the password of the admin account correctly) I can't see this making a difference.

I'm not really sure about the metabase issue either I'm afraid.

Ok thanks ne way.


I started a new thread with a more specific question. I don't think anyone will click on this thread and want to read the whole thread to give me a response.

Do you think you can close this one as it does no good for anyone?

Thanks,
Bobby

Thread closed as you requested.

Good luck with your problem.