Hi all,

we've been running a forms authentication using MCMS site happily in
production for a reasonable while now.
Recently, we needed to set up another staging/development site, so we did
set up another mcms server environment, with another database instance,
imported all, and pointed the DCA to the newly set up database.

However now the forms auth application begins to jump to the login dialog
(normally, you get the front page, and only by clicking thru login link you
get to sign up and get the web author console). Something must be wrong with
our staging database, as if we reset the DCA to point to the production
database, forms auth application behaves normally (lets you surf the pages,
log in optional).

Guest account is configured in both databases. Other applications, using
windows authentication, no guest accounts, behave well in the new mcms
server/database env.What could be wrong?

thx in advance
-Arto

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Hi Arto,

did you load balance the servers?
Then you would have to synchronize the ASP.NET encryption keys.
See here for details:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...>
MCMS+2002+-+(complete)+FAQ.htm#4BD34341-4024-47D9-9BC2-7841D909EE32

Cheers,
Stefan.

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"Arto Erkinantti" <arto_e@spamoff.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ejNAEjHgEHA.3948@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>
> we've been running a forms authentication using MCMS site happily in
> production for a reasonable while now.
> Recently, we needed to set up another staging/development site, so we did
> set up another mcms server environment, with another database instance,
> imported all, and pointed the DCA to the newly set up database.
>
> However now the forms auth application begins to jump to the login dialog
> (normally, you get the front page, and only by clicking thru login link
you
> get to sign up and get the web author console). Something must be wrong
with
> our staging database, as if we reset the DCA to point to the production
> database, forms auth application behaves normally (lets you surf the
pages,
> log in optional).
>
> Guest account is configured in both databases. Other applications, using
> windows authentication, no guest accounts, behave well in the new mcms
> server/database env.What could be wrong?
>
> thx in advance
> -Arto
>
>
>

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No there's only a single server.

-Arto


"Stefan [MSFT]" <stefang@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OFCGcpHgEHA.1656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Arto,
>
> did you load balance the servers?
> Then you would have to synchronize the ASP.NET encryption keys.
> See here for details:
>
[url]http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/2/5/4250f79a-c3a1-4003-9272-2404e92bb76a/MCMS+2002+-+[/ur
l](complete)+FAQ.htm#4BD34341-4024-47D9-9BC2-7841D909EE32
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan.
>
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> MCMS FAQ:
>

> MCMS Blog: [url]http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossner/category/4983.aspx" target="_blank">http://download.microsoft.com/downl...egory/4983.aspx
> MCMS Sample Code:
>
http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/...
+Server
> MCMS Whitepapers and other docs:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossne...2/07/41859.aspx
> --------------------------------
>
>
> "Arto Erkinantti" <arto_e@spamoff.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ejNAEjHgEHA.3948@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... 
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>

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Hi Arto,

does your request to the staging server go through a proxy array? This could
cause the same problem.
Then you have to disable the IP validation in the SCA.

Cheers,
Stefan.

--
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MCMS FAQ:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...>
MCMS+2002+-+(complete)+FAQ.htm
MCMS Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossner/category/4983.aspx
MCMS Sample Code:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/...nagement+Server
MCMS Whitepapers and other docs:
http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossne...2/07/41859.aspx
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"Arto Erkinantti" <arto_e@spamoff.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eapYYLPgEHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> No there's only a single server.
>
> -Arto
>
>
> "Stefan [MSFT]" <stefang@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:OFCGcpHgEHA.1656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... 
>
 
> rights. 
>
[url]http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/2/5/4250f79a-c3a1-4003-9272-2404e92bb76a/MCMS+2002+-+[/ur
l](complete)+FAQ.htm 
>
[url]http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?ProductDropDownList=Content+Management
+Server" target="_blank">http://download.microsoft.com/downl...
+Server 
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We don't have a proxy array configuration. However I did try disabling the
validation in SCA, to no avail. The problem remains the same.

-Arto

"Stefan [MSFT]" <stefang@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eO396tQgEHA.2588@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Arto,
>
> does your request to the staging server go through a proxy array? This
could
> cause the same problem.
> Then you have to disable the IP validation in the SCA.
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan.
>
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> MCMS FAQ:
>

> MCMS Blog: [url]http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossner/category/4983.aspx" target="_blank">http://download.microsoft.com/downl...egory/4983.aspx
> MCMS Sample Code:
>
http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/...
+Server
> MCMS Whitepapers and other docs:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossne...2/07/41859.aspx
> --------------------------------
>
>
> "Arto Erkinantti" <arto_e@spamoff.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eapYYLPgEHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... 
>
 
>
[url]http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/2/5/4250f79a-c3a1-4003-9272-2404e92bb76a/MCMS+2002+-+[/ur
l](complete)+FAQ.htm 
>
[url]http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?ProductDropDownList=Content+Management
+Server" target="_blank">http://download.microsoft.com/downl...
+Server 
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> instance, 
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>

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Hm...
No idea.

Please open a support case with Microsoft. We might have to analyze some
network monitor traces.

Cheers,
Stefan.

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MCMS FAQ:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...>
MCMS+2002+-+(complete)+FAQ.htm
MCMS Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossner/category/4983.aspx
MCMS Sample Code:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/...nagement+Server
MCMS Whitepapers and other docs:
http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossne...2/07/41859.aspx
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"Arto Erkinantti" <arto_e@spamoff.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uLgWzCUgEHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> We don't have a proxy array configuration. However I did try disabling the
> validation in SCA, to no avail. The problem remains the same.
>
> -Arto
>
> "Stefan [MSFT]" <stefang@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eO396tQgEHA.2588@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... 
> could 
> rights. 
>
 
>
[url]http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?ProductDropDownList=Content+Management
+Server" target="_blank">http://download.microsoft.com/downl...
+Server 
>
 
>
[url]http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/2/5/4250f79a-c3a1-4003-9272-2404e92bb76a/MCMS+2002+-+[/ur
l](complete)+FAQ.htm 
>
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+Server" target="_blank">http://download.microsoft.com/downl...
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