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gymcode
gymcode

Reputation: 4633

Authentication in ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool

I am using VS2005 C# and SQL Server 2005.

I am currently using user authentication of the option : From the internet, therefore I have a list of created users and roles.

However, I would like to change my authentication to using ActiveDirectory, therefore I presume I would need to use the authentication option : From a local network.

But after I selected to authenticate from the local network, I am unable to add or manage users anymore.

May I know what are the steps that is required for me to change from my current authentication type to the use of Windows ActiveDirectory?

Any guides are greatly appreciated

Upvotes: 1

Views: 355

Answers (1)

Erik Funkenbusch
Erik Funkenbusch

Reputation: 93474

You can't add or manage users when you move to Active Directory. They have to be managed from the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in in the Domain Controller. Your web server talks to AD for authentication, it doesn't manage AD.

(that's not strictly true, you can write code to manage users, but it's going to be quite a bit of work, and it's just easier to do it from AD).

Upvotes: 2

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