hi everybody

thanks for those who try to solve this !

i am having an asp.net application, which will be used by both intranet and internet users.

now for authentication purpose ie for logging into the system , both intranet and internet users , at present i am using the "forms authentication " method. the problem is that for every new user i have to add them into the database even for the intranet users

since my intranet users are already being authenticated while switiching on the machine ie window password and username. so if i want to use this already exsisting authentication, then i can go for windows authentication am i correct.

since i am having only one web.config file is it possible for the following
1) windows authentication for intranet users
2) forms authentication for internet users


why i am planning to do this is
in case of intranet users, it is not necessary for them to sign in since they are already authenticated users. only for the internet users i have to do this.

is it possible for doing this

I am awaiting for the possible solution

You might want to put this post up on the ASPX Professional forum as more of the right people will see if (if don't happen to subscribe to this one).

My understanding is that you can only have one mode of authentication. How are the Intranet users accessing this site? Are they using the same URL?

About the only thing I can think of is that you could create 2 web applications on your server, and make a modification to the web.config for the one used for internal access. Otherwise, the applications would be running exactly the same.

Peter
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hi peter
thanks for replying to me. i am using the same url for the intranet users also.
but creating two applications doesnot seems to be a good idea for me. any way let me think about for that. if u come across any other solution please let me know

When I say "application" I don't mean a whole different .Net project, I just mean two IIS virtual directory applications. You would copy everything from your project into both the directories, but make a modification to the web.config in the one that's accessed locally to change authentication from "Forms" to "Windows".

Peter
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Work smarter, not harder.