Question : My IIS always asking for username and password

Hi Expert,

I am running IIS6 on Windows server 2003. Somehow it always pup-up the message box asking for username and password when viewing any page. If I use the internet name (eg:www.mydomain.com), the message box will come up and it seems fine within the intranet ( if  just use http://localhost or http://machinename. )

I have ticked the box of "Enable Anonymous User", and as defaulto to the IUSR. I also added IUSR to  the group user of  web folder. I still can't get it working.

Does anyone know the trick?

Answer : My IIS always asking for username and password

Usually this is a permissions problem either from IIS or from NTFS.

1. Check the folder permissions. The IUSR_machinename account has to have read access to the folder and files.
2. In the Internet Services Manager, under directory security, make sure anonymous access is enabled.