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Q147617: Third-Party Browsers Get Access Denied Msg Connecting to IIS

Article: Q147617
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): winnt:1.0,2.0,3.51,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 1.0, 2.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to connect to secure directories on an Internet Information Server
(IIS) through a browser that does not support Windows NT Authentication, you
will receive an error message stating that access is denied.

CAUSE
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The Access Denied message occurs because your third-party browser is not capable
of sending the Windows NT Challenge Authentication information to the server.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this problem, enable Basic Authentication on your browser, and
when you are prompted for a password, enter your Windows NT account information
in the following format

  domainname/username

For example, if the Windows NT domain name of johndoe is logging on to a domain
named mydomain, you would enter

  mydomain/johndoe

in the username (or user) field, and your password in the password field.

NOTE: Your browser must support basic authentication for the domainname/username
syntax to work correctly.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kberrmsg 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT351search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS351search kbiisSearch kbiis200 kbiis100
Version           : winnt:1.0,2.0,3.51,4.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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