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Setting up web users on IIS outside of the domain users.
Is there a way to get IIS to work like Apache as far as logging in? I would like to set up a password file for IIS users. This requirement is in response to an application we have that ties in their web products to IIS. However, they make the assumption that all users will have a domain account. While this works well in offices, this does not work for factories (who have people working on the floor) and hospitals (who have staff that roam around but don't necessarily need a domain account). The software manufacturer integrates well with Apache because domain accounts are not needed. All a person needs is the http password file configured. We need to use Basic Authentication within the website and not use Windows Integrated Security.
humeniuk
If you don't want to use anonymous access and want people to log on, you need to add user accounts the same way that you add domain users. That's how Windows does IIS/web authentication. If that's problematic, you could certainly use one account for multiple people or use some sort of authentication script for your site. There are a lot of good user authentication scripts for ASP or PHP that will run on IIS.
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Looks very handy, meverest.