Re: FN-FORUM: IIS Password protection system for web pages

date posted 6th January 2006 18:16

Can't you just use integrated authentication and control access with the
built-in NTFS permissions/security groups same as any other resources?

That way the users wouldn't need additional passwords.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Sutton" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:45 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: IIS Password protection system for web pages


>
> Hi
>
> Im looking for a simple off the shelf piece of software that will allow me
> to password protect web pages, word docs, pdfs etc on an intranet.
> The intranet will run on a Windows server with .net and probably IIS6.
>
> I would like to organise content by folders and then password protect
those
> folders. Different users would then be issued with username/passwords and
> depending on their access levels would be able to access folder 1 but not
> folder 2. The web pages and words docs could then be stored within those
> folders.
>
> I need a simple admin system so my client can manage the users easily and
> issue new passwords.
>
> On a linux server this would be dead easy as I could use htaccess - but
does
> anyone know the easiest approach for a windows box?
>
> Many thanks
>
> russ
>
>
>
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