IIS Server Security - Customizing Password Prompt Screen

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Customizing Password Prompt Screen

jgenin

2005-01-27, 5:52 pm

Is it possible to customize the screen users see when prompted to enter a
un/pw when trying to enter a restricted web directory? We want it to say more
than 'connecting to www.mydomain.com'

Jason Brown [MSFT]

2005-01-28, 2:47 am

You mean the pop-up basic authentication prompt?

I'm afraid it's not, though if you use ASP.NET, you can use forms
authentication instead and create a login page however you want it.

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"jgenin" <jgenin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to customize the screen users see when prompted to enter a
> un/pw when trying to enter a restricted web directory? We want it to say
> more
> than 'connecting to www.mydomain.com'

David Wang [Msft]

2005-01-29, 7:47 am

That dialog box is shown by the web browser and cannot be customized.

You will have use custom authentication whose protocol allows customizable
login screen. ASP.Net Forms auth is one such example. CustomAuth sample
from IIS Platform SDK is another.

http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload...ate/default.htm

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"jgenin" <jgenin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5F49BEE6-E4C3-471E-8A19-FC5797E0C938@microsoft.com...
Is it possible to customize the screen users see when prompted to enter a
un/pw when trying to enter a restricted web directory? We want it to say
more
than 'connecting to www.mydomain.com'