IIS Anonymous Access

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Wumpus
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IIS Anonymous Access

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Hi.
My Webinator walks my website fine when my IIS site is switched onto "Anonymous Access" in the properties of the Website. (Windows 2000 Advanced Server/IIS Webserver/Commercial Webinator Version 4.2.8-Windows-wo/plugin)

However, for other technical reasons (we use a Content Management System), I am forced to switch this setting to "integrated windows authentication".

That works great for my Content Management System, but
now Webinator can no longer crawl. I get this in the log:
LATEST RUN: Abandoned
The link : http://www.ese.com/intra/
Had this error: Document access unauthorized: http://www.ese.com/intra/ returned code 401 (Access Denied)

From my personal computer (having logged in with my user id under Windows 2000) I can surf the site http://www.ese.com/intra/ without it demanding any kind of password. From the IIS Webserver, if I run Internet Explorer there, same thing no password asked. So I dont understand...

I tried giving Webinator login info in the fields of the admin intreface but to no avail...

Does anyone know how to get Webinator to work, given that I use, and must use, "integrated windows authentication".

Thanks, any comments are appreciated
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Kai
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IIS Anonymous Access

Post by Kai »

I assume "integrated Windows authentication" uses NTLM Authentication.

Webinator versions prior to 4.4.6 only support WWW Basic Authentication, and custom form/cookie-based logins. In the Windows version of Webinator 4.4.6, Net Mode can be set to System instead of Internal: System uses Windows network access routines, which support NTLM Authentication with Login Info. However, Net Mode System does not support some other features, such as threads, that Net Mode Internal provides, so it should not be on by default normally.

This requires a full upgrade to 4.4.6, not just new scripts from the web site. Contact sales about an upgrade.
Wumpus
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Rock and Roll.

Thank You!
You slained the Wumpus.
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