Hi,

Newbe here. I have gotten through all the setup and it works great from the local server windows 2003 iis6. But from the external, the site prompts visitors for username and password just to get to the front page. This is before the visitor sees any of the site. How do I turn this off?

Thanks!

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boilermaker.jb1’s picture

boilermaker.jb1 commented

The point of this module is to not allow the user to see any of the page until the user to authenticates against the web server. The module then logs the user into the drupal install using the credentials they provided the web server. If you want the users to see the front page I would reccomend a module like ldap_integration( http://drupal.org/project/ldap_integration ). Most of the time at least from my experience, web_server_auth is used in intranet situations where the you would like to use integrated windows auth.

To really answer your question I need a little more information:

1. Is this an intranet site ( ie not accessable from the web )?
2. Is there an AD implementation in place if you wish to use integrated windows auth?
3. If there is not an AD implementation what is the web server validating user credentials against?

I am more than happy to help you I just need a little more info.

boilermaker.jb1

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juggernautsei commented

I figured out the issue. It was that the permission on the webserver need to be changed. I switched to a WinAmp install of Apache, PHP and MySQL. Then loaded the app and it worked great. It did not prompt for a log in any more. It was because the IIS settings on the small business server that I was trying to deploy this application on is what what prompting for the log in permission. This was to be an external website. www.lovestamp.cc

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juggernautsei commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.