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IIS 4.0 Basic Authentication Using an HTML Form

Hello all,

I'm am using basic authentication with SSL to protect portions of a website. I want to use an html form to pass the Username and Password to the site instead of having the Username and Password prompt display. Can I supply that information to the requesting HTTP Authentication Header?

Thanks in advance,

-rg

rsgibson

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Oops,

I forgot to add that I'm running IIS 4.0.

Thanks,

-rg

yolish

I don't think it is possible to disable the username and password prompt. You can still use anonymous authentication and create a login form utilizing your security certificate.

rsgibson

ASKER

Could you elaborate on the security certificate?

Thanks,

-rg

yolish

I guess... what exactly are you trying to do?

h9925631

I think you need to use ADSI to do this. But it is a bit tough to do so. Actually I am doing this too but using IIS 5.5.

h9925631

The problem I encounter is how to get the correct ADSPath. It is hard for me to get the correct DN components.

h9925631

The problem I encounter is how to get the correct ADSPath. It is hard for me to get the correct DN components.

yolish

a different approach would be to acquire a Digital Certificate from Verisign and create your own security model. Utilizing a database you can create a users table that has a username and password and whatever other data you want to collect about the users and then have a login screen.

Then set a cookie or use session variables (wouldn't recommend until ASP.NET) and have a piece of code at the top of every protected page that verifies that the user is logged in...

thunderchicken

reject the proposed answer and i'll tell you how to do this

don't propose an answer when you "think" it will work. it needs to be a specific solution

rsgibson

ASKER

h9925631:

Thanks for your comments, however I am familiar with ADSI, but that is the solution I'm looking for.

Thanks again

-rg

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