Q258688: WebDAV Doesn’t Work with Site Server P&M Forms or Cookie Auth.

Article: Q258688
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): winnt:3.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbOSWin2000
Last Modified: 11-MAY-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
- Microsoft Site Server version 3.0 
- Microsoft Site Server version 3.0, Commerce Edition 
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SUMMARY
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When you use WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) with Microsoft
Site Server Personalization and Membership (P&M), and your Web site requires
Membership Authentication, neither the Forms Authentication method nor the
Cookie Authentication method can be used. WebDAV does not support these
authentication methods.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following Membership Authentication types are used with both the Forms
Authentication and Cookie Authentication methods:

- Anonymous

- Basic

- Distributed Password Authentication (DPA)

Workaround:

If you use WebDAV for the entire Web site, and either the Forms Authentication
method or the Cookie Authentication method is used, create a second Web site
that is configured to use the same content directories, but with a valid and
supported authentication method.

NOTE: The second site is accessible by the Web developers and other
administrators only.

Additional query words: iis 5,webdav,authentication,membership,site server

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Keywords          : kbOSWin2000 
Technology        : kbSiteServSearch kbiisSearch kbAudDeveloper kbiis500 kbSiteServ300 kbSiteServ300Search
Version           : winnt:3.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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