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SharePoint (MOSS 2007) successful forms authentication redirects to machine name

I have a SharePoint site extended for forms authentication. The Active Directory site is example.com and the forms authentication site is forms.example.com. When I type my (forms) username/password I get redirected (302) to the machine name (moss-01) like so: http://moss-01/. If I type http://forms.example.com/ into the address bar I am again redirected to http://moss-01/.

Expected behavior is successful authentication into the forms site: http://forms.example.com/Pages/Default.aspx

Why am I being redirected to the machine name?

+4  A: 

Sounds like a problem with your zones and Alternate Access Mapping (AAM).

Start here: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/03/06/what-every-sharepoint-administrator-needs-to-know-about-alternate-access-mappings-part-1.aspx

x0n  2008-12-02 16:22:37
I am familiar with AAMs. The link provided talks about solving problems with reverse proxies. That is not my problem. Parts 2 and 3 of that article don't seem to apply either.
Chloraphil  2008-12-02 17:44:31
You were correct - it's an AAM problem. It was part 2 of that blog post that tipped me off - and makes me want to slap myself - I was accessing the site via https when I should have been using http. I imagine that If I want to use https I'll need to add the AAMs. Thanks!
Chloraphil  2008-12-02 17:49:40
part 2 link: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/03/19/what-every-sharepoint-administrator-needs-to-know-about-alternate-access-mappings-part-2-of-3.aspx
Chloraphil  2008-12-02 17:53:15

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