Bypassing anonymous access intentionally

I would like to enable anonymous access to most content, including the main
root home page, of a particular portal site that is hosting a SharePoint
Portal Server v2 portal. In IIS, I enabled anonymous access in directory
security for the portal site. But now, becuase people who have user
accounts on the portal aren't asked for authentication, of course the their
targeted links no longer show up on the home page and the link to their
personal home site is not on the home page as well. A simple solution to
this would be to create a link on the home page to a non-anonymous page for
login purposes. However, many things in Sharepoint have public and private
views (in other words, all authenticated users may see something entirely
different at a particular URL than does a person who has a personal view).
When anonymous access is enabled, the private view is no longer available or
easily accessible so when you send a URL to someone, if it is your intention
to show them the private authenticated view, there seems to be no easy way
to accomplish this.

Do I need to create a separate site in IIS, one for anonymous and one for
authenticated access or is their a simpler (or more clever) fix using IIS6
or something else?

SizzleMaster
Mon Nov 17 15:43:35 CST 2003



According to the SharePoint newsgroup, the 2 site solution will work in II6
and SPS v2. However, the problem with this solution in my experience is
that when people are adding and editing content for anonymous consumption
inside the authenticated site, they sometings accidentally let slip in the
authenticated URL thus blocking anonymous access inadvertently.

Is there a more clever way to get around the fundamental issue without
resulting to the 2 site solution?


"SizzleMaster" <larry@datasculpting.com> wrote in message
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> I would like to enable anonymous access to most content, including the
main
> root home page, of a particular portal site that is hosting a SharePoint
> Portal Server v2 portal. In IIS, I enabled anonymous access in directory
> security for the portal site. But now, becuase people who have user
> accounts on the portal aren't asked for authentication, of course the
their
> targeted links no longer show up on the home page and the link to their
> personal home site is not on the home page as well. A simple solution to
> this would be to create a link on the home page to a non-anonymous page
for
> login purposes. However, many things in Sharepoint have public and
private
> views (in other words, all authenticated users may see something entirely
> different at a particular URL than does a person who has a personal view).
> When anonymous access is enabled, the private view is no longer available
or
> easily accessible so when you send a URL to someone, if it is your
intention
> to show them the private authenticated view, there seems to be no easy way
> to accomplish this.
>
> Do I need to create a separate site in IIS, one for anonymous and one for
> authenticated access or is their a simpler (or more clever) fix using IIS6
> or something else?
>
>

v-wdxu
Tue Nov 18 07:29:12 CST 2003

Hi larry,

Very good question!

However, it appears this issue is related to the management or configuration of Sharepoint Portal Server, not regarding IIS. IIS only provides the
internet service and hosting environment for the SPS. I'd suggest you may post this issue in the Sharepoint portal newsgroup so that these SPS
experts may provide some assistance for you. The SPS newsgroup is located at:
Microsoft.Public.Sharepoint.PortalServer

Thank you for using Microsoft NewsGroup!

Wei-Dong Xu
Microsoft Product Support Services
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