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  • Monday, November 02, 2009 11:19 PMgreatbear302 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    i need to get rid of a login prompt when i try to access a site collection

    using centeral administration...

    i created a web application on port 80. i left the host header field blank, but renamed the Load Balanced URL to http://something.server.com
    the authentication provider was windows/NTLM.

    then i created a site collection on that web application

    then i added an entry in drivers/etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 something.server.com

    now when i try to browse to this site, i get a login prompt. no matter what credentials i enter into that box, it keeps popping back up. for three times. after that it presents a blank page.

     

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  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:10 AMYogesh Shetty- A SharePoint Geek Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    In order to fix this authentication prompt issue on any machine, pleae disable the loopbackcheck on the server. Its a issue with IE due to security update. Please follow below steps to disable loopbackcheck:
    1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
    2. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key:
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
    3. Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
    4. Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.
    5. Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.
    6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

    Please let me know if this helps?

    Best Regards,
    Yogesh.

    • Marked As Answer bygreatbear302 Friday, November 06, 2009 6:36 PM
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  • Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:56 AMChris Caravajal Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Have you tried adding the SharePoint site to your Local Intranet Zone or to your Trusted sites in your Internet Explorer options?

    Chris Caravajal MCTS SharePoint Help
     
  • Tuesday, November 03, 2009 4:21 AMnlvraghavendra Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi greatbear302,

    I was having a similar problem and i solved it by installing a MS Fix. Take a look at this thread -

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/e044ed41-2be8-4e1c-8bcf-6460c0f0c777

    Read it carefully before installing it. Hope that helps.
    Regards,
    NLV
     
  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:11 AMgreatbear302 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    This is pathetic. If i install a web application WITHOUT MODIFYING load balanced url (which defaults to the server name and a random port), there is no login prompt and i can get in the site collection sitting on that app just fine.

    but when i modify the host header (and load balanced url as well-automatic), i JUST CANT get inside the web site collection. it just prompts me for credentials, and i enter them, prompts again....three times! and then blank page. why???
     
  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:21 AMgreatbear302 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    even more pathetic. it works in firefox, even with modified host header. go figure
     
  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:47 AMgreatbear302 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    The following technet URL goes deep into this. "...You can create a new site by using the stsadm.exe command-line tool. You cannot use the Office SharePoint Server 2007 Central Administration Web application to create a host-named site collection."

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc424952.aspx
     
  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:31 AMnlvraghavendra Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Did you try the MS Fix? I had the exact problems you've mentioned above.
    Regards,
    NLV
     
  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:10 AMYogesh Shetty- A SharePoint Geek Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    In order to fix this authentication prompt issue on any machine, pleae disable the loopbackcheck on the server. Its a issue with IE due to security update. Please follow below steps to disable loopbackcheck:
    1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
    2. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key:
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
    3. Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
    4. Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.
    5. Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.
    6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

    Please let me know if this helps?

    Best Regards,
    Yogesh.

    • Marked As Answer bygreatbear302 Friday, November 06, 2009 6:36 PM
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  • Friday, November 06, 2009 6:32 PMgreatbear302 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    You ROCK !!!!! man! Yogesh! that was it!!! thanks a lot!!!!