Multiple web identities / IIS6

I am trying to set-up at least two identities for the same site. The default
domain name is for example name.com. I have also added www.name.com as a
second identity.

When I type in browser name.com, it connects to the site with no problems,
but when I type www.name.com IIS requests login and password. Why is that?

Both names (identities) are under one web site that points to one directory.
The permissions are obviously ok because IIS does not requests login and
password when I come to name.com. Any sugestions? Thanks!

m.

Kristofer
Tue Jan 04 09:19:38 CST 2005

Hello,

You mean that you have added www.name.com and name.com as host headers for
the same website, right?

When you browse the website, does they appear to be in different zones? Is
it possible that name.com is in your Intranet zone, and therefore your
browser automatically sends a username and password?

Please verify that you have anonymous access enabled, and that the correct
NTFS security settings are set on the files/folders for you anonymous
account (usually IUSR_MachineName).


--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
www.ilopia.com

marko wrote:

> I am trying to set-up at least two identities for the same site. The
default
> domain name is for example name.com. I have also added www.name.com as a
> second identity.
>
> When I type in browser name.com, it connects to the site with no
problems,
> but when I type www.name.com IIS requests login and password. Why is
that?
>
> Both names (identities) are under one web site that points to one
directory.
> The permissions are obviously ok because IIS does not requests login and
> password when I come to name.com. Any sugestions? Thanks!
>
> m.

marko
Tue Jan 04 15:20:05 CST 2005

> You mean that you have added www.name.com and name.com as host headers for
> the same website, right?

That's right!


> When you browse the website, does they appear to be in different zones? Is
> it possible that name.com is in your Intranet zone, and therefore your
> browser automatically sends a username and password?

No.

> Please verify that you have anonymous access enabled, and that the correct
> NTFS security settings are set on the files/folders for you anonymous
> account (usually IUSR_MachineName).
>

That's ok... Anonymous is enabled, NTFS permissions are also ok, so I have
no idea why is this happening? I have tried for several times to set up the
same web site again with the same results. When there is no www everything
works fine...

Frank
Tue Jan 04 16:34:28 CST 2005

Are you sure both names are resolving correctly by the DNS?

"marko" <nema@mejla.hr> wrote in message news:creal5$gsq$1@bagan.srce.hr...
>I am trying to set-up at least two identities for the same site. The
>default
> domain name is for example name.com. I have also added www.name.com as a
> second identity.
>
> When I type in browser name.com, it connects to the site with no problems,
> but when I type www.name.com IIS requests login and password. Why is that?
>
> Both names (identities) are under one web site that points to one
> directory.
> The permissions are obviously ok because IIS does not requests login and
> password when I come to name.com. Any sugestions? Thanks!
>
> m.
>
>

Kristofer
Wed Jan 05 01:11:37 CST 2005

When you use www.name.com, does it use any other route to get to your
website? (for example a proxy).

Because if NTFS settings are correct, and the website is in the Intranet
zone, there is no reason to ask for credentials, unless the supplied
credentials are incorrect.

Can you log on using a username and password, and see the website?

And the DNS is properly configured? They resolve to the very same
webserver?


--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
www.ilopia.com

marko wrote:

> > You mean that you have added www.name.com and name.com as host headers
for
> > the same website, right?
>
> That's right!
>
>
> > When you browse the website, does they appear to be in different
zones? Is
> > it possible that name.com is in your Intranet zone, and therefore your
> > browser automatically sends a username and password?
>
> No.
>
> > Please verify that you have anonymous access enabled, and that the
correct
> > NTFS security settings are set on the files/folders for you anonymous
> > account (usually IUSR_MachineName).
> >
>
> That's ok... Anonymous is enabled, NTFS permissions are also ok, so I
have
> no idea why is this happening? I have tried for several times to set up
the
> same web site again with the same results. When there is no www
everything
> works fine...

marko
Wed Jan 05 03:19:02 CST 2005

Thnx everyone...after a while I found what was wrong...the passwords for
IUSR account in IIS metabase and the one from Windows were not synchronized.
I have no idea why that happened but now everything is ok.

m.