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From: Tech Dog Tech on 7 Apr 2010 09:50
Hi everyone I am having an issue with IIS 7. Recently I migrated a web
server from 2003 to 2008. Completely fresh install of everything. While
hosting this site on Server 2003, we had a "secure" folder allowing only a
few users to access it. It was handy and due to the nature security wasnt a
big issue.. To continue, since changing to server 2008 and moving the
website, everything is up and running and working with the exception of that
secure folder.

No matter what I have read, researched or looked up I cannot seem to make
this work as it did on the previous server.

I have installed the "basic authentication" role under IIS. I have created
a virtual directory under the primary website and cleared the anonymous
permissions and checked basic authentication, and then set the applicable
ntfs permissions. When I load that folder or virtual directory while logged
directly in to the new server, it prompts me to authenticate and seems to
work as expected.... however......... when trying to do that from any other
PC, from within the domain or not, I am never prompted to authenticate (I
never get a username/password prompt) and the page just displays an error 401
- you are not authorized to view this page. Of course not, I have never been
provided the opportunity to give credentials.

I am desperate here. I've been looking for days with no solution. I am
tempted to install server 2003 again just so I have the functionality I once
did. any tips/suggestions or leads are welcome, and thanks in advance.
From: Kanwaljeet Singla on 7 Apr 2010 13:59
Can you send your applicationHost.config (under
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\config folder) to me at ksingla [at] microsoft
[dot] com?
I can look at your configuration and see whats wrong with it.

Thanks,
Kanwal

"Tech Dog" <Tech Dog(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:17812AEA-6367-491A-9495-4E696470CD5B(a)microsoft.com...
> Hi everyone I am having an issue with IIS 7. Recently I migrated a web
> server from 2003 to 2008. Completely fresh install of everything. While
> hosting this site on Server 2003, we had a "secure" folder allowing only a
> few users to access it. It was handy and due to the nature security wasnt
> a
> big issue.. To continue, since changing to server 2008 and moving the
> website, everything is up and running and working with the exception of
> that
> secure folder.
>
> No matter what I have read, researched or looked up I cannot seem to make
> this work as it did on the previous server.
>
> I have installed the "basic authentication" role under IIS. I have
> created
> a virtual directory under the primary website and cleared the anonymous
> permissions and checked basic authentication, and then set the applicable
> ntfs permissions. When I load that folder or virtual directory while
> logged
> directly in to the new server, it prompts me to authenticate and seems to
> work as expected.... however......... when trying to do that from any
> other
> PC, from within the domain or not, I am never prompted to authenticate (I
> never get a username/password prompt) and the page just displays an error
> 401
> - you are not authorized to view this page. Of course not, I have never
> been
> provided the opportunity to give credentials.
>
> I am desperate here. I've been looking for days with no solution. I am
> tempted to install server 2003 again just so I have the functionality I
> once
> did. any tips/suggestions or leads are welcome, and thanks in advance.

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