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Ram
Ram

Reputation: 387

how to use windows authentication on shared hosting?

I have developed a web application in ASP.Net 3.5 with authentication set as "Windows Authentication" and is working fine my local network. Now my client asked me to deploy it on shared server. I have a shared windows hosting for asp.net website deployment. how can I enable windows authentication at server, like creating user and password on Active Directory, creating groups etc. as we can do all this thing at our local Windows server 2003/ 2008.

thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 460

Answers (2)

Jeff Turner
Jeff Turner

Reputation: 1347

If you can't use a database, the only other option is for your clients to purchase a VPS or cloud server plan (think amazon, azure, etc). This would allow you a server to work with where you can configure users through windows authentication. You can get pretty good VPS plans through a variety of hosts for under 100 dollars a month. I personally user GoDaddy at around 50 a month.

if you're on shared hosting there is no way to use windows authentication as you don't have direct access to the server operating system.

Upvotes: 0

Brian Mains
Brian Mains

Reputation: 50728

If it is a shared server that you have no control over, you will not be able to implement this type of security; you would have to change your security model to use a database so you could store the credentials there. It is possible to take an AD store and dump it into a database, so that could be an option (as long as it's being updated frequently).

Upvotes: 1

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