Problem in accessing a webservice using machine IP

[rajesh kannan]

Hi friends,

I have a problem in accessing the webservice which is in my machine(using my machine IP).
I am able to access the webservice using localhost.

For Ex:

I can access the webservice using http://localhost/WebSite5/MyWebService.asmx

but instead of localhost if i use Machine IP like http://192.168.123.100/WebSite5/MyWebService.asmx i get a dialog box asking username and password,but after entering the uname and pwd it says
"You are not authorized to view this page
You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied. "

I am new to this,so pls help me..

Thank u,
Rajesh Kannan

[jhardman]

when you connect to the server with anything but localhost you are accessing the website with the name i_user, and you need to give i_user permission to read from those folders and possibly to modify certain files. I think this question comes up more often in the server forums, I'm not sure I could walk you through it.

Jared

[rajesh kannan]

Thank you Jared..

For time being i have taken off the password for IUSR_MACHINENAME and i have left it blank and everything works fine.

--> i have allowed annonymous access.
--> i have allowed IIS to control password.
-->Integrated Windows authentication is allowed.

Am i lacking security now...?


Thank u,
RK

[jhardman]

...Am i lacking security now...?
Thank u,
RK

yes. Of course you can restrict access if you want, but generally you want to give permission to see web sites. You just need to ask the question, "Have I given an anonymous user permission to do anything to this site that I don't want to allow?" Did you give iuser_machinename permission to modify or delete files? If you have just given permission to view than that's all the average user needs, unless you want odd users to modify certain things.

A good strategy is to restrict iuser's read/write/modify permissions to some odd folder from which you will not execute scripts. If you want to give some administrator permission to modify other folders, make sure that person must log in.

Jared