Validation the identity of the user, usually with username and password authentication.
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NTLM vs Kerberos
I just want to know the difference between NTLM and Kerberos. When to use NTLM and Kerberos and when not to use it? Why do you need to use Kerberos for authenticated feeds? Our admin is asking me why? ...
16
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2answers
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HTTP 401 twice before HTTP 200 when serving files
I've built a Javascript web application which is served from Sharepoint (ie. there is no Sharepoint code at all operating on the web app, it's just some HTML/JS being served from a Sharepoint 2010 ...
10
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2answers
288 views
Identify Current Authentication Method Being Used
I am working on a solution that needs to act slightly differently if the incoming request is NTLM vs. Kerberos vs. ADFS, etc. Does anyone have an example of how to determine the incoming ...
9
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5answers
694 views
External access - continually prompted for credentials
I have a client trying to access our hosted SP 2010 instance, an she can log in, but once she starts clicking, gets prompted to login again and again.
She is accessing from the outside, not inside of ...
8
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5answers
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SharePoint 2010 custom 401 error page on authenticated site
I'm trying to create a custom 401 error page for my site. The setup is a SharePoint 2010 enterprise site with subwebs. The entire solution requires authentication (no anonymous access). I've tried ...
8
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2answers
1k views
Java to Sharepoint interface, with claims based authentication
I have a sharepoint server with a claims-based authentication (ADFS server).
I have a Java app that needs to push data to a sharepoint list, preferably over the REST API, and with the additional ...
7
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1answer
1k views
Remotely authenticating users
We are creating a mobile web application that will run under ASP.Net and will connect to an internal SharePoint Server. We need to remotely authenticate users from this web application to see whether ...
7
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1answer
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Override _layouts/Authenticate.aspx for claims based authentication (LiveID)
I've configured claims-based authentication using Windows Live ID.
In Microsoft service manager the default return URL is as in WS-Federation specification:
https://domain.com/_trust/default.aspx
...
6
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1answer
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How to use Sharepoint web services? (esp. authentication)
I am trying to access list information on MOSS 2007 using web services.
SppLists.ListsSoapClient proxy = new SurveyMerge.SppLists.ListsSoapClient();
proxy.ClientCredentials.Windows.AllowNtlm = true;
...
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5answers
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Can't pass authentication to browse a sharepoint site
I am trying to browse a sharepoint site in IE8 from the server where it is deployed.
When I am promped to enter my credentials i enter them but this doesn't work.
The box keeps appearing and asks me ...
6
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2answers
297 views
SharePoint 2013 Authentication model
I am new to SharePoint and have few questions regarding the authentication.
We are using SP 2013 as extranet and we have different sites for different partners. Total number of users will be less ...
6
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2answers
4k views
Sharepoint 2010 - NTLM or Kerberos
Would there be any situation where you would choose NTLM over Kerberos for a Sharepoint 2010 farm?
The sites will use claims based auth, Internal users & content editors will authenticate against ...
6
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1answer
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How do I avoid redirection for web service authentication in SharePoint 2010 when both claims and classic auth is allowed?
I have a SharePoint 2010 web application that allows both claims authentication and classic authentication. The Default claims provider for the web application has "Enable Windows Authentication" and ...
6
votes
1answer
2k views
How to Impersonate Users Via Client Object Model?
I want to insert new SP List items -- blog comments, to be exact -- on behalf of other users.
Ideally, I'd just pass a SharepointID for the user, but that doesn't seem to be possible. I think that ...
5
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5answers
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Management of external users
I'm planning a SharePoint2010 application where most of our users are on an intranet and authenticated through Active Directory, but where ~20% of the users are external to the organization. We are ...
5
votes
6answers
519 views
SharePoint 2007 : How to sign out user?
I've an application build on SharePoint 2007 platform, the problem is in Mozilla FireFox, the sign out button does not successfully sign out the current login user, I believe SharePoint 2007 is not ...
5
votes
2answers
4k views
How to fix credential issue?
I tried both default credential and user/pass but keep getting 401 unauthorized error. What's the fix?
Here is the error I am getting ....
New-WebServiceProxy : The request failed with HTTP status ...
5
votes
2answers
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Why are user permissions set in AD not updated immediately to SharePoint?
I have a SharePoint 2010 Foundation installation on Windows 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 and using Claims and Windows authentication.
Subsites are visible only to members of a certain group. However, ...
5
votes
2answers
3k views
Signout behavior without closing the browser?
We have, essentially, a custom asp.net application inside of SharePoint. We have a Logout button in the application that redirects to the _layouts/SignOut.aspx page. The user sees a message informing ...
5
votes
3answers
275 views
Always getting access denied for all loginaccounts
I'm in a middle of a process of setting sp_accounts to sp services and for some wrong behaviour I'm always getting access denied when enter the webapp for all accounts.
Claims service could be the ...
5
votes
1answer
293 views
Strategy for correct external authentication?
I'm a bit confused about the different terminology, components and steps to make my scenario work.
I'm working on a SP 2010 platform that can have multiple authentication mechanisms : Anonymous, ...
5
votes
1answer
1k views
Single Sign on / SharePoint 2010
We currently have a SP2010 farm, with a number of web applications all configured to used classic windows authentication. One of our service providers has an externally hosted application that we want ...
5
votes
2answers
594 views
Client Object Model Authentication - Authenticating the Wrong account!
I am using the Client Object Model to interface my .NET App with SP 2010. What I am finding curious is that I am using default authentication, and whenever I make my connection, I am ending up ...
4
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2answers
1k views
Best authentication method for accessing sharepoint web from the Internet
We're planning a sharepoint intranet which will be acceded directly from our LAN, however it should be accesible from the Internet, too. What would be the best authentication method available for this ...
4
votes
2answers
460 views
Users have several ids in the same Web
I have backup-restored a site collection. In the new site collection we use Claims based authentcation.
Now it looks like all the users from the old web is also restored on the new site (which ...
4
votes
2answers
266 views
Crawler authentication in SharePoint 2013 for STS based external website
I am not able to crawl website that has STS (security token service) based authentication using FAST Search for SharePoint 2013 . I tried Form credentials and Cookie based authentication in Crawl ...
4
votes
2answers
788 views
Office 365 SharePoint Authentication from Objective-C on IOS
I want to create an IOS app that connects to my Office365 SharePoint team site using the list rest services. How do I do authentication? Any examples?
4
votes
2answers
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Using Claims Based Authentication to integrate with an ASP.Net application
I have been Googling a problem that I have with trying to integrate the web application that I am working on with SharePoint 2010.
The web application is a wiki style tool that allows users to log ...
4
votes
1answer
306 views
Sharepoint 2007 to 2010 conversion and authentication
I'm consulting on a project that needs help passing authenticated user to other .Net applications on the same domain from Sharepoint to standard .Net & classic asp sites. Currently in SP 2007, ...
4
votes
3answers
279 views
Login trouble between URL's that point to the same server
We have a strange problem on our intranet. The intranet is accessed through http://intranet and http://intranet.company.com. They both point to http://intranetsrv01.domain.com.
We are experiencing ...
3
votes
4answers
1k views
Remote Access to SharePoint Lists with PowerShell
I have a PowerShell script that pulls data from a database. I need to push this data to a SharePoint list on a different server.
Would you have tutorial or examples that show how to do this ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views
Anonymous access = huge web services security hole?
My company uses SharePoint for their public website by allowing anonymous access. Some of our lists and document libraries have permissions to only allow certain users to be able to access them. I'm ...
3
votes
1answer
963 views
SharePoint 2010 updates the machine key in web config
I will attempt to explain this fully, if I don't please ask me to clarify, this part of SharePoint is a whole new world for me. I'm coming in from this on the Administration side and have been taking ...
3
votes
2answers
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Zones, AAM, Host Headers,
I am getting really confused as when to use AAM and when to use header. I wish there was table to list scenarios and based on that you would pick AAM or host headers.
Same thing I am trying to ...
3
votes
3answers
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People Picker attempts to use claim based authentication but the web application authentication provider is classic / windows
We recently in-place upgraded our sharepoint 2007 to sharepoint 2010.
We were using Windows authentication in the 2007 environment and wish to continue doing so in the 2010 environment.
The ...
3
votes
1answer
178 views
Windows Live Authentication with Sharepoint Question
I have configured as CBA with Windows Live as instructed here: http://www.wictorwilen.se/Post/Post.aspx?id=562. I think I am very close. When I visit my site I am redirected to select authentication ...
3
votes
2answers
279 views
Can I map multiple domain accounts (or authentication sources) to one user/profile?
This is probably impossible but...
We have a local 2010 farm and HQ has one. I've been asked to use the HQ MySites service application rather than doing our own, which is very sensible.
However, on ...
3
votes
1answer
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HttpWebRequest in TimerJob
I have an aspx-page in the Layouts-folder. A timejob makes a httpwebrequest on this page and the response-html is saved as a pdf.
The httpwebrequest works fine, when its not called in a timerjob (ex. ...
3
votes
2answers
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Windows Authentication and Trusted Identity Provider - User mapping to a single identity store
First, let me describe the scenario:
I have a Web Application with 2 enabled Identity Providers
Windows Authentication
Custom Trusted Identity Provider (that provider handles PingFederate
SAML ...
3
votes
2answers
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How to change Authentication in sharepoint server 2010?
how to change Authentication in sharepoint server 2010? By default it takes windows authentication.
After creating website it is possible to change authentication name in website if it possible how ...
3
votes
1answer
346 views
Authentication web service and special characters in password
My client application is authenticating with a SharePoint website using the Authentication web service in Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0. The client is not written in C# and I craft the SOAP request ...
3
votes
2answers
772 views
What to watch out for developing an HTTP Module in SharePoint 2007
Has anyone created a custom HTTP Module for SharePoint 2007? If yes,
what should I watch out for?
I need to add a course grain
authentication check to SharePoint (can a user see this app), so I need
...
3
votes
1answer
325 views
Suggestions on SharePoint Public Facing Site with User Registration
I am exploring options on creating a public facing SharePoint site. I need to provide functionality where I allow users to register (create an account) to later login to view certain pages. Is this ...
2
votes
3answers
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Duplicate SPNs for SharePoint hostname
I realise this might be a non SharePoint question but it might have been one that someone has encountered. I have a customer site that has a component (custom code) that use AD Kerberos delegation to ...
2
votes
4answers
3k views
Why does Kerberos authentication fail?
Running SharePoint 2010. I need to set up Kerberos authentication, since the double-hop problem with NTLM is causing trouble with a web part I am developing.
Long story short, Kerberos authentication ...
2
votes
3answers
1k views
How to add the /_vti_bin/Admin.asmx webservice as a service reference in Visual Studio 2008
I'm trying to use the Admin webservice of SharePoint 2007 within a console application. So I add a new service reference to my project pointing to http://<central ...
2
votes
2answers
298 views
Are there any way to change the Membership Provider & Role Manager through code or Powershell
I know that you can specify the Membership provider and Role manager for a web application on creation, but I need to update it after creation. any clue.
2
votes
2answers
379 views
How to migrate User database from FBA to AD in SP2010
I have successfully migrated from WSS 3.0 to SP2010.
The User database is FBA.
However, I need to migrate from FBA to Active Directory (AD).
I need to know the process to migrate this User Database ...
2
votes
2answers
2k views
SharePoint repeatedly prompting iPad users for credentials
We have an internal portal on SharePoint Server 2010. For example portal.abc.com.
We are using Windows authentication (NTLM).
When users access the portal from a joined computer in an Active ...
2
votes
3answers
428 views
Same public URL on two zones?
I have a default and an extended "Extranet" zone on one of my web application.
I would like to assign a single URL "https://Name.myDomain.com" to both zones.
Additionally I also want to be able to ...
