Simplifying Authentication After a user enters his/her name on the logon page and clicks the link, they have to re-enter their username and enter a password in a web browser authentication window. This can be confusing for users because in the authentication window they need to enter both their domain name and username, in the form NTDomain\username.
You can work around this issue as described below. This will allow users to enter only the user name and password and not the domain name also. If you're using IIS4, open the Management Console on the IIS computer with the Active Server Components. Under the Properties of your Exchange Web Site, on the Directory Security Tab, open the "Edit" button under "Anonymous Access and Authentication Control". Open the "Edit" button under "Basic Authentication", and enter the default domain you wish to use. If you do not have IIS4, then you can make this change by adding the following information into the registry on the IIS computer with the Active Server Components. WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe or Regedit.exe as appropriate for your version of Windows NT). Go to the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters On the Edit menu, click New Value, and then click String Value. Enter a new string value called DefaultLogonDomain with data of the DomainName (where DomainName is the name of the domain where the user account resides). Quit Registry Editor. Restart all of the IIS services for the changes to take effect. -----Original Message----- From: Edgington, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 7:54 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: OWA 5.5 question I'm going to have to install an OWA server for Exchange 5.5 and I'm reading through my notes... all looks like I remember with one exception... I seem to remember that I changed a file so that my users would not have to use <domain>\<username> when logging in.. just <username>.. I don't see this in my notes, but I KNOW I did changed a file for this to occur... anyone remember what the changes are (actually I think it was two files)? Thanks for any help you can provide... for the life of me I can't find this documented in a Q article or any of the exchange sites I visit. --------------------------------------- Jeffrey Edgington Systems Administrator University of Missouri - Rolla Are you a Spectator or a Participant? --------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]