Hi People,

I am trying to use the authentication with Ad but getting this error?

"Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
 (C:\Book_Code\Chapter 12\wwwroot\ADProvider\web.config line 57)"

Can somebody kindly assist me.

Thank you,
Yinka Onisarotu

The sample website has dummy values for username and password in the provider configuration sections. Those need to be changed based on however you setup your own test AD environment.

-Stefan

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for your quick response. I have changed the user id and password to an account on my domain, and the account is an administrator on the domain.

this is the web.config settings:

 <add name="DirectoryConnection" connectionString="LDAP://HQDC06.Sterlingbank.com"/>

<membership defaultProvider="adminprovider">
    <providers>
        <clear/>


<add name="adminprovider"
        type="System.Web.Security.ActiveDirectoryMembershi pProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
        enableSearchMethods="true"
        connectionUsername="Test03@sterlingbank.com"
        connectionPassword="1234568"
        attributeMapPasswordQuestion="ampPasswordQuestion"
        attributeMapPasswordAnswer="ampPasswordAnswer"
        attributeMapFailedPasswordAnswerCount="ampFailedPa sswordAnswerCount"
        attributeMapFailedPasswordAnswerTime="ampFailedPas swordAnswerTime"
        attributeMapFailedPasswordAnswerLockoutTime="ampFa iledPasswordAnswerLockoutTime"
        enablePasswordReset="true"
        requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true"
        connectionStringName="DirectoryConnection" />
<add name="readonlyprovider"
        type="System.Web.Security.ActiveDirectoryMembershi pProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
        enableSearchMethods="true"
        connectionUsername="test03@sterlingbankng.com"
        connectionPassword="1234568"
        attributeMapPasswordQuestion="ampPasswordQuestion"
        attributeMapPasswordAnswer="ampPasswordAnswer"
        attributeMapFailedPasswordAnswerCount="ampFailedPa sswordAnswerCount"
        attributeMapFailedPasswordAnswerTime="ampFailedPas swordAnswerTime"
        attributeMapFailedPasswordAnswerLockoutTime="ampFa iledPasswordAnswerLockoutTime"
        enablePasswordReset="true"
        requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true"
        connectionStringName="DirectoryConnection" />
</providers>
</membership>

Regards,
Yinka Onisarotu

Just looking at the configuration below, I see a few potential issues:
   -different values for the connection username
   -the word "banking" mis-spelled in one case
   -is it "banking" or "bank"
   -Is the AD that you are using really allowing passwords like "1234568"? I know on a default AD installation that kind of password would fail the default password strength rules

Overall I'm still guessing that the problem has to do with the username/password combo that has been configured for the provider.

-Stefan

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for prompt response. All the information is correct please help me look for solution.

Thank you