Web Server Connector Woes

[apm2002]

Sorry if this posting is a bit long, but I am new to FMPro, and unfortunately I have been dropped in at the deep end to try and get a legacy FMP Pro system web-enabled. Currently totally stuck on how to get Web Server Connector working.

Having loaded WSC, can run the 'Initial Security' web page on the IIS server.

Enter a username of administrator equivalence, as requested

Then if choose any of the three icon options (Config by Host, by Database, or Admin Account) get a windows password challenge popup, asking for :

Site: dev3

Realm: Web Server Connector

UserID:

Password:

BUT no UserID/Password administrator combination (from either local user or domain user) works

After 3 attempts login fails giving either

'FileMaker Web Server Connector Authorization Failed', or

'You are not authorised to view this page' for page http://dev3/FMPro?config_security.

From then on the http://dev3/fmpro?config cannot bring back the Initial Security page, but just the password prompt

QUESTION

The "Tip" (at the bottom of the 'Initial Security' page) says:

Windows NT requires a name, and in some configurations a password, for local access. If you are using the Web Server Connector on a Windows NT system, your Web Server Connector administrator name and password must match those of a valid user account for the local domain.

What does it mean by 'Local Domain' - the departmental domain, or the local server itself. Because our department uses administrator user 'Administrator' for local servers, and 'SysAdmin' for departmental domain.

NB. At no time could we find any 'FMWSC.properties' file to delete

This was confirmed by the FMWSC.log file in ...FileMaker WSC 5.5 which showed:

[Thu Aug 22 19:38:09 GMT+10:00 2002] FMWSC 5.5v1 initialized

[Thu Aug 22 19:41:54 GMT+10:00 2002] null java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:Program FilesFileMakerFileMaker WSC 5.5libFMWSC.properties

Thanks for any pointers in the right direction

Andy

[Will]

It sounds like "basic authentication" is enabled in IIS - the valid local admin account/password should be sufficient - do you need basic authentication for this site? If not set it to "anonymous access" and see if WSC works.

[The Bridge]

I worked on a project that involved IIS and FileMaker and WSC a few years ago, so my memory may be faulty; I recall that you have to install WSC only after setting up the IIS/Windows machine to a certain spec. I believe the answer lies somewhere in FileMaker's Tech Info database.

Having said that, I definitely remember that WSC caused us so much grief that in the end we removed it from the equation altogether. You can simply rewrite your CDML forms/links to call the FileMaker machine directly. Much easier in the long run.