#windows-authentication

Answer: How did I get this Windows share to prompt for login? #development #computers #programming

How did I get this Windows share to prompt for login? Or: “Is this a thing? And how would I check if it was?”

In an environment without a Domain Controller, when accessing a share on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box, from a remote computer without a matching user account on the server, (and connecting by typing \\SERVERNAME\ShareNamefrom the Start menu) I currently observe the following behavior…

How to: Why can a user log in via more than one UPN #fix #answer #solution

Why can a user log in via more than one UPN

I’ve changed the for all users UPN suffix of a company from us.mycompany.local to mycompany.com in order to use claims aware applciations. In testing before the change I discovered that even if I changed the UPN suffix, a user could successfully authenticate using the old suffix. What I don’t understand is why this still works.

Answer [by Espen Olsen]:…

Solution: Windows Authentication behaves oddly when VPN'd #answer #dev #computers

Windows Authentication behaves oddly when VPN’d

We’ve got a few apps that rely on windows authentication – a couple of web apps with AD auth turned on and we usually connect to our SQL servers with windows auth. This normally runs without a hitch. It doesn’t work so well if we’re VPN’d to a client site though.

SSMS

Opening SSMS normally from the start menu, then picking a server that normally…

How to: IIS 7.5: How to configure custom Authentication Error page with Windows Authentication. 401 header problems #solution #development #answer

IIS 7.5: How to configure custom Authentication Error page with Windows Authentication. 401 header problems

I have a php website running under IIS 7.5. The site is secured by Windows authentication and that works fine:

When users go to the site, they are asked for username/password and get through if authenticated. If users click Cancel or mistype password 3 times, they are shown 401 error page:

How-to: Integrated Windows Authentication with Chrome and FireFox #programming #it #solution

Integrated Windows Authentication with Chrome and FireFox

I have a webapplication which uses claims based authentication. The STS is ADFS 2.0. When I am in the intranet and use IE, IWA is used and no login dialog appears. When I am on the internet zone, the Forms based authentication of ADFS is used. Just what I want.

Chrome and FireFox are also working as expected when I am in the internet…

Solution: Integrated Windows Authentication with Chrome and FireFox #answer #computers #dev

Integrated Windows Authentication with Chrome and FireFox

I have a webapplication which uses claims based authentication. The STS is ADFS 2.0. When I am in the intranet and use IE, IWA is used and no login dialog appears. When I am on the internet zone, the Forms based authentication of ADFS is used. Just what I want.

Chrome and FireFox are also working as expected when I am in the internet…

Resolved: IIS Express Windows Authentication #dev #computers #fix

IIS Express Windows Authentication

I’m trying to use IIS Express with VS2010 to host a silverlight application. I modified my applicationhost.config file to allow for modification of the proper configuration settings. I have the following in my web.config:

How to: IIS Express Windows Authentication

IIS Express Windows Authentication

I’m trying to use IIS Express with VS2010 to host a silverlight application. I modified my applicationhost.config file to allow for modification of the proper configuration settings. I have the following in my web.config: