How to protect a virtual directory with a password in IIS7

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How to protect a virtual directory with a password in IIS7

I've placed a ClickOnce deployment inside of a virtual directory on a server running IIS7.

I would like to be able to password protect the directory so I can test the application out on the WAN but I can't seem to find out how to set a password for the directory containing the ClickOnce app.

Any help would be very much appriciated.

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What type of authentication do you want to use? A simple thing to do is enable Windows authentication on the directory, then add allow/deny authorization rules. This can all be done through the IIS management console. Windows authentication may not be installed, so you may need to install it as a feature.

Jacob 2009-06-19 19:58:49

I'm open to anything that works - we're not going to be deploying this, we're just looking to do some informal testing. I don't think I saw windows authentication as an option..The options I have are:AnonymousASP .NET impersonationForms Authentication

2009-06-19 20:07:21

Is this Windows Server 2008 or Vista? If it's 2k8, you can add Windows authentication through the Add Features area of the management console. If it's Vista, you'll have to do it through the control panel's "Turn Windows features on or off" interface.

Jacob 2009-06-19 20:17:13

Thanks, it's Server 2008. I just added windows authentication - followed these directions :http://weblogs.asp.net/zroiy/archive/2008/08/17/missing-windows-authentication-provider-for-iis-7-on-windows-server-2008.aspxBut no new authentication methods were added to the listing. I'm restarting to see if they show up after the reboot.

2009-06-19 20:26:35

That did it... I selected Windows authentication after the reboot and used a local user account. Perfect.

2009-06-19 20:30:39

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