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Re: Single Sign On

Mike Walsh <englantilai...@hotmail.com>

Please don't hijack an existing thread in this way.

You also posted this as a new message. Let's just concentrate on that one
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Mike Walsh

"Chidge" <Chi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:56D0DCB8-719E-416A-B436-9C6196EB422A@microsoft.com...
> Hi, this may sound daft but thats what my director has asked for. I have
> used
> a web part on WSS 3 in order to access a web based shared calendar. This
> web
> part works, however, it asks for authentication each time the page is
> opened.
> The authentication details are the same as those used via active directory
> to
> log into the site automatically. Do you know of a way I can stop it from
> promting this? If it has to be coded could you point me in the right
> dirction?

> Thanks,
> --
> Chidge

> "Mike Walsh" wrote:

>> WSS 3.0 doesn't have single sign-on support. That's only in MOSS 2007.

>> I doubt if that in any case is the problem. I suspect there is something
>> on
>> that page (an image: a web part) that they don't have rights to access
>> and
>> therefore they are being asked for a "better" authentication.

>> I'm assuming that it knows these users are domainname\username because
>> you
>> are either in the Intranet and have default IE settings or you have
>> specified automatic logon with existing logon name and password in they
>> are
>> in another security zone.

>> Mike Walsh
>> WSS FAQ http://www.wssfaq.com
>> No private e-mail please.

>> "Caroline" <Carol...@community.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:670BA4D5-10BB-4265-824B-3A7B4042B18F@microsoft.com...
>> >I am using WSS 3.0

>> > Users from a trusted domain try to access a site and are always
>> > prompted
>> > for
>> > their user name and password.  Any suggestions?

>> > Thank you,

>> > Caroline