windows authentication connection issues

Hi!

I've followed the steps in the tutorial "Configuring Internet Information
Server for SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Remote Data Access and Merge
Replication"
(msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb226707.aspx)

To test the success of the configuration you are supposed to connect to
http://localhost/Sync/sqlcesa30.dll. When doing this I am prompted for
login/password. During the configuration I added myself as allowed user
(windows authentication), so I type my username and password. But I get the
following results:

Firefox: Prompted for login/passoword over and over again...
IE7: Page is displayed saying: "Page cannot be found"
(i've tried with and without my computer name infront of my user name).

This is a standalone computer, no domain or so...

Following the article above but allowing anonymous users makes it work.

What are the most probable reasons not beeing able to connect to a IIS
resource using Windows Authentication?

Thanks in advance!

/ Peter

Re: windows authentication connection issues

"Peter Hartlén" ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Hi!
>
> To test the success of the configuration you are supposed to connect to
> http://localhost/Sync/sqlcesa30.dll. When doing this I am prompted for
> login/password. During the configuration I added myself as allowed user
> (windows authentication), so I type my username and password. But I get
> the following results:
>
> Firefox: Prompted for login/passoword over and over again...

From Microsoft IIS Help:
"Although Integrated Windows authentication is secure, it does have two
limitations:
1) Only Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 2.0 and later support this
authentication method.
2) It does not work over HTTP proxy connections."

> IE7: Page is displayed saying: "Page cannot be found"
> (i've tried with and without my computer name infront of my user name).
> This is a standalone computer, no domain or so...

So IWA is working (IIS do not ask for credential) but probably you have NTFS
(acl) problem on the Sync directory or files inside it..
Hope it helps

Arnold