Microsoft Content Management Server - Re: Anonymous Access

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Re: Anonymous Access - Still getting Windows Dialogue

Tommy Ovesen

2004-05-19, 5:49 pm

Did you add the guest user to the subscribers role in sitemanager, and has
this role the proper rights?
If not, this might be the problem

Tommy

"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a CMS site that is set in IIS as Anonymous access.
>
> The SCA Tool also is set up to allow guest access.
>
> Whn my users hit the site, all is well, they aren't prompted for
> credentials.
>
> When my user click a HTML link to a CMS posting, my users aren't prompted
> for credentials.
>
> When my users click the CMS Posting link, the Windows dialogue appears.
>
> We have looked at File Level permissions and have given the Anonymous
> account read read/write access.
>
> So why are we being prompted for credentials?
>
> What else can I check or look at?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
>

Tommy O

2004-05-19, 5:49 pm

Even if you add a group to the subscribers role, you might still need to set
which channels, resources and templates this group has access rights to.
Right click, and select properties on the subscribers group, then select
"Rights" (or something like that), and make sure that all channels,
resources and templates is marked with a green icon, then right-click and
select "propagate to children" to make sure any subchannels and galleries
are selected as well.

Hope this helps

"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes the Guest user is added to the subscriber tol in Site Manager. What
> kind of special rights does this user need to have? He is a Domain account
> user.
>
> Thanks
> Tom

Tom

2004-05-19, 5:49 pm

Tommy,

This option was done as well. The subscribers have access to all the channels, resources and templates that they needed to be in. What other options do I need to check? Is there permissions that I need to set on the MCMS\Server folder in windows?

Thanks

Tommy O

2004-05-19, 5:49 pm

One last thing to check: A few times this has happened to me, I've deleted
the cookies on the client trying to access the site.

"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Tommy,
>
> This option was done as well. The subscribers have access to all the
> channels, resources and templates that they needed to be in. What other
> options do I need to check? Is there permissions that I need to set on the
> MCMS\Server folder in windows?
>
> Thanks

Mei Ying

2004-05-20, 5:41 am

Hi

Another thing to look out for: Does the page load
correctly?

If yes, then it could be an image/link within the Posting
that is causing the prompt to appear. I've seen this on
several occasions.

1. The href was coded as <a href="">somelink</a>.
Obviously, that led to a prompt as the user won't have
access to the root directory of MCMS.

2. The image was linked to a resource that the subscriber
did not have access to or for some reason has been
deleted/archived/linked wrongly.

3. The rdonlyres cache directory was having file
permission problems after changing the System Account.

I would suggest looking into the IIS log files to see
which page is causing the prompt. From there, you may get
more clues to help you troubleshoot this.

Hope this helps,
Mei Ying

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>One last thing to check: A few times this has happened to
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>the cookies on the client trying to access the site.
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