This one has been bugging me for a while.
Nice shiney SBS2003 Premium and the network clients can happily access the companyweb intranet site. When we introduce a W2K3 terminal server into the mix though, whenever we go to access the companyweb it prompts for a username and password.
Hmmm - check event logs, security permissions etc etc but nothing makes sense. Even played around with ISA despite knowing this couldn't be part of the equation.
In chatting with some fellow SBSers, most of them would suggest I check DNS and making sure companyweb is in the Internet Explorer “trusted sites” site. But it already was!!!
OK, thinking about this....it's actually part of our own network, which we naturally trust anyway, and more specifically it's our intranet. Check that site - nup, not there. So I added it in (got prompted about moving it from the trusted sites to the intranet sites - hit the OK button and you're in) and voila - prompt removed.
I can now happily open and close my companyweb from my terminal server (aka remote desktop server) without being prompted. Time to go check group policy to see if I can have this done automatically for TS users.
So - remember the enhanced W2K3 Server IE security settings and that even though you can TRUST your SBS, you want it in your INTRANET site.
Posted
Jan 27 2005, 10:02 PM
by
calvert