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
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