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layek.suman-gmail - 10/2/2012 3:55:12 AM
   
Getting 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. in CMSDesk/CMSSiteManager on Windows Authentication
I have installed Intranet Portal and given authentication mode as Windows Authentication.
I can access to the whole site but When I am going to access CMSDesk or CMSSiteManager it is showing 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.

How should I resolve this issue ?

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kentico_helenag - 10/2/2012 5:04:06 AM
   
RE:Getting 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. in CMSDesk/CMSSiteManager on Windows Authentication
Hello,

Is the testing user marked as a global administrator in Kentico? See: Configuring windows authentication.

Did you configure SSL for administration interface? (Site manager -> Settings -> Security & Membership)

Best regards,
Helena Grulichova

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layek.suman-gmail - 10/2/2012 6:06:55 AM
   
RE:Getting 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. in CMSDesk/CMSSiteManager on Windows Authentication
I have followed the Configuration windows authentication
before.

No, I have not yet configured SSL. Acctually I don't want to. I am not sure how to configure the SSL from Security & Membership panel. I have checked on my hosted application setting on IIS 7.0. the SSL set as disabled and I have enabled windows authentication from IIS.

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kentico_helenag - 10/2/2012 8:27:33 AM
   
RE:Getting 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. in CMSDesk/CMSSiteManager on Windows Authentication
Hello,

thank you for your reply. Can you confirm that user is really a global administrator? You can see it also in the database - the CMS_User table - the UserIsGlobalAdministrator column.

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Helena Grulichova

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layek.suman-gmail - 10/2/2012 9:03:14 AM
   
RE:Getting 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. in CMSDesk/CMSSiteManager on Windows Authentication
Yes the user is set as Enabled,Global Administrator and Domain User checked. I am just getting the error while I am trying to Access CMSDesk or CMSSiteManager. Should I need to modify the web.config located on CMSSiteManager/CMSDesk folder .

CMSDesk/web.config :
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<appSettings/>
<connectionStrings/>
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>

<location path="accessdenied.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
</configuration>

CMSSiteManager/web.config :
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<appSettings/>
<connectionStrings/>
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?"/>
</authorization>
</system.web>
</configuration>

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layek.suman-gmail - 10/2/2012 10:41:47 AM
   
RE:Getting 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. in CMSDesk/CMSSiteManager on Windows Authentication
The issue is resolved when I enabled when I enabled both Form & Windows authentication enabled from IIS Application level. I don't know why this problem arises if I only enable Windows authentication. The issue was unexpected but thank you for your support.