IIS and domain authentication

[bryandj23]

Hi All.

Pulling my hair out on this one, and have been screwing with it myself for far too long...

I have a new site on my IIS server that I'm calling "Dashboard". This requires users of our 2000 domain to log in with their AD passwords (much like they do with OWA).

I've set up the certificate, have the site running, however I'm unable to authenticate. The default login box that pops up on XP says, "Connecting to dashboard.mydomain.com". If I put in my username and password, it fails. However, if I back out the "dashboard.mydomain.com\" and replace it with the actual 2000 domain name (domainname\bryan) it works.

I've tried all of the different authentication methods, and even tried copying the settings of website security from OWA (seperate server), but to no avail. I'm thinking there has to be something saying "dashboard.mydomain.com" is part of "domainname".

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Bryan Fulkersin
IT Director
Moulthrop-Clift, Inc.

 

[bryandj23]

Figured it out. Close thread.

 

[abramenkos]

Could you tell me how you figured it out? I am have a similar problem.

 

[bryandj23]

Ahh...I should have elaborated a bit. Since it's been some time since I originally posted this, I need to think for a minute...LOL.

I believe it had something to do with the certificate I chose to run on the website. If memory server correct, I had to replace the "site" certificate with the "machine" certificate instead. (The main CA certificate). Once I did that, it worked without a hitch.

I'm 90% sure this is what I did to ratify the situation. I may home a few other ideas if this doesn't work for you.