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Morpheus
Morpheus

Reputation: 3543

username/passowrd authentication for a basic IIS site

I am trying to set up some basic authentication so that only people who have a username and password can access the IIS7 site. Currently all the people on my school network can access the site but i want to create an authentication system so that only few people can access the site.

I googled around and found about the basic authentication enter image description here

I had enabled the authentication as shown below

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I had also went to the Turn Windows Features on and Off and found enbaled the basic authentication

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I am not sure where I can specify the usernames and passwords. if i go to localhost, I am still getting the same page without out any dialog box asking me to provide my credentials. In case it matters, I am using windows 7.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 368

Answers (1)

Filipe Ramires
Filipe Ramires

Reputation: 79

First of all you need to disable anonymous authentication, then you can setup your user to have access to it:

For Windows 7/8 machines: Right click on Computer and choose "Manage" (or go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management) and under "Local Users and Groups" you can add a new user. Then, give that user permission to read the directory where the site is hosted.

Note: After creating the user, be sure to edit the user and remove all roles. This prevents access of the user to the machine.

For Windows Server machines: There is that option where you can add users from IIS Manager UI. These users have roles only on IIS, but not for the rest of the system

Upvotes: 2

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