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jayjay00 
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 Posted: 16 November 2007 at 8:55pm |
Here is some quality English in the code comments.  'Don't update user code filed is windows authentication is enabeld If blnWindowsAuthentication = False Then .Fields("User_code") = strUserCode
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Posted: 16 November 2007 at 8:59pm |
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So, obviously because I have windows authentication enabled, it doesn't want to set a user_code. I guess once I get the authentication figured out this error will resolve itself.
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Posted: 16 November 2007 at 10:36pm |
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It doesn't sound like you have windows authentication enabled, if you did you would never be shown in the forum as a guest. You would also have a grey windows login box display to enter your site, if you are not already logged into the server.
You should look on Google more about setting up windows authentication and windows permissions. It's not as simple as just checking a box in IIS for authentication. Authenticated users need to be created on the OS.
The number of authenticated users you can create also depends on your OS licensing. To have a web site which more than 1 person can use you need to use a server OS. Windows 2003 server web edition doesn't support authenticated users so you need to use Windows 2003 server standard or enterprise, these usually come with a 5 CAL license, and it's a good few hundred more to add another 5 to it.
If you are allowing customers from outside your organization to login then you need to have then you need to have Service Provider License Agreement with Microsoft (SPLA) you then pay a monthly fee per authenticated user, or you can pay around £100 per month for a Processor authenticated windows 2003 server standard license under an SPLA.
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Posted: 19 November 2007 at 2:36pm |
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Thanks for you help thus far, I do appreciate it.
The server is running Server 2003 and the licensing seems ok (so far it's only been one user connecting, me).
"Authenticated users need to be created on the OS" - we are running Active Directory. Are you saying the users need to be created on the local machine?
I know windows authentication is enabled because I get prompted for my windows user account when I go the page. But, the website still shows me as guest and there's nowhere to log in. If I click on a forum that does not have guest access enabled I get a prompt to log in. But I cannot type in my windows information as it is looking for an internal user (i.e. one I created through the control panel).
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Posted: 19 November 2007 at 2:49pm |
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Mmmm.. so I launched Internet Explorer from the server and logged in using my username and it worked. But when I go to the website from my laptop, it doesn't work. Interesting... I guess this may not be a program issue. But, do you have any ideas to help me out as to what this could be?
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Posted: 19 November 2007 at 3:18pm |
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When windows authentication is enabled in Web Wiz Forums it will not show a forum login as this is disabled, as you are logging in through the OS not the forum.
If Web Wiz Forums is showing you as a Guest then it means that anonymous logins are not disabled.
You need to ensure that anonymous logins are displayed for the web site, so that you are forced to to log into the web site through the OS.
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Posted: 19 November 2007 at 3:23pm |
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I'm pretty sure everything is setup properly. But this issue is definitely not the software's fault.
This is our issue:
http://server1/forums - this URL works
http://intranet.domain.com/forum (which is internal as well) does not work.
Edited by jayjay00 - 19 November 2007 at 3:24pm
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Posted: 19 November 2007 at 5:51pm |
 jayjay00 wrote:
I'm pretty sure everything is setup properly. But this issue is definitely not the software's fault.
This is our issue:
http://server1/forums - this URL works
http://intranet.domain.com/forum (which is internal as well) does not work.
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Then your DNS is not set up correctly. "intranet" should be either a CNAME to the HOST record (typically machine name... i.e. - "server1"). And FWIW, I did as they said - disabled Anonymous Access, changed that one variable from False to True and it seems to work fine on initial testing. Environment FYI: Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2, IE6 on XP clients
Edited by RLRPC - 19 November 2007 at 5:53pm
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