VBrick Systems ETV v4.1 Home Theater Server User Manual


 
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means http://yourserver/ is in the Local Intranet Zone while http://
yourserver.yourcompany.com
(or http://199.88.7.11)) is in the Internet Zone.
Configuring IIS for Single Sign-On
Use the following steps to configure IIS for single sign-on. If you do not perform these steps,
the login page will likely be blank when you launch the Portal Server.
T To configure IIS for single sign-on:
1. Go to
Start > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.
2. Expand
Services and Applications and expand Internet Information Services (IIS)
Manager
.
3. Expand
Web Sites and then right-click on Default Web Site and select Properties.
4. Go to
Directory Security > Authentication and access control and make sure that
Integrated Windows authentication is checked on the following window.
Using Single Sign-On
T To use single-sign-on (and avoid username/password prompts), you must do one of the
following:
Access the Portal Server by the alphabetical name (for example
http://yourserver).
Access the Portal Server by the IP address in which case you must also add the Portal
Server to the
Local Intranet Zone (Internet Options > Security > Sites). This setting can
be pushed company-wide by an administrator using security policies.
5. Change Internet Explorer's default settings to allow
Automatic logon with current
username and password
(Go to Internet Options > Security > Custom Level > User
Authentication
).