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kastigeer 
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 Topic: Active Directory Group Membership
Posted: 05 July 2006 at 4:52pm |
The active directory integration is working great but I can't see how to change the group membership of AD users - they all start as Newbie's and I can't see how to make them Administrators or moderators ...
We need AD functionality for our forum but it will be a showstopper if we can't assign internal users to be moderators... (and not using separate logons to do this is the whole reason why we want AD integration) If this works then we'll definitely be stumping up cash for the ad-free version.
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Posted: 05 July 2006 at 6:10pm |
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There is no way to get Group info from AD into ASP.
This means that placing members into moderator groups would need to be a manual process.
Log into the forum as the forum admin, then edit the profiles of those users you want to be moderators, and down near the bottom of there forum settings you should find a drop down to move that member to a different Group within the forum.
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Posted: 05 July 2006 at 6:48pm |
Sorry, should have been clearer - that's what I'm trying to do, but when I turn on Windows Authentication the option to change the moderater/group membership in WebWiz dissapears ... if I turn off windows authentication then it re-appears! (It also dissapears from the member control panel menu)
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Posted: 06 July 2006 at 9:34am |
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Just to help clarify, this is the member control panel menu I get when I logon as the administrator with windows authentication turned off:
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Edit Profile
Make changes to your profile and forum preferences
Registration Details
Make changes to your login password and/or email address
Profile Information
Make changes to personal information you have given
Forum Preferences
Make changes to your forum preferences
Admin and Moderator functions
Admin and Moderator functions to delete, suspend, change user group etc. of member
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When I then turn on windows authentication I have to logon as a valid AD user, all of whom are only in as newbie's - I then force an admin logon to the control panel area by manually specifying the /admin.asp page in the address.
Once logged on I go to the members admin area, click in the logon ID for a windows user and this is the control panel menu I get - the option for Admin and Moderator functions is simply not there ...
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Edit Profile
Make changes to your profile and forum preferences
Registration Details
Make changes to your login password and/or email address
Profile Information
Make changes to personal information you have given
Forum Preferences
Make changes to your forum preferences
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Any ideas on how to go about getting a windows user setup as an administrator under these circumstances? I can try a fresh install if you think that will help...
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Barry
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Posted: 06 July 2006 at 9:38am |
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You may find that you need to login directly to the forum as the forum administrators account in order to get these functions to appear.
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Posted: 06 July 2006 at 9:42am |
But how can I do that when windows authentication is turned on ... I lose the option to manually login as it's doing the login automatically as the forum folder is set in IIS to only allow windows authentication (in directory security) so that this works in webwiz
(apologies if I'm being thick about this and missing something obvious!)
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Posted: 06 July 2006 at 9:51am |
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Navigate to the file admin.asp and then login as the admin
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Posted: 06 July 2006 at 9:54am |
Hmm, ok that's what I'm doing and the option for Admin and Moderator functions is definitely not there.
I think I should try a fresh install of the forums and then turn on authentication and see if anything is different (not that I've really made any changes to anything yet)
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Barry
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