General
How is the communication channel from Web Active Directory products to Active Directory secured?
Web Active Directory products often talk to Active Directory. These communications are secured using a programatically-created secure, signed and sealed channel. This means that all requests to and from Web Active Directory applications and Active ...
Product Installer Can’t find any User Accounts or Servers
Issue Description When you run the InstallShield installer for certain Web Active Directory products, you cannot find an account to select using the Logon Information Browse dialog box and you get a message that says “The list is empty” or “Server ...
Configuring Active Directory applications in a DMZ
There are a number of approaches to setting up Active Directory-empowered applications like Web Active Directory provides. Our web-enabled applications require access to Active Directory from public internet-facing servers and many organizations are ...
How do I Install Windows Authentication in IIS 7 and later?
Using the following procedure you can install windows authentication in IIS 7 and Windows Server 2008 and later. You then can turn on Windows authentication for any web applications that require it. In fact, you can install any role service using the ...
Why everyone has permissions to change passwords in Active Directory
The everyone group is set on all new user objects by default with the ability to change user account passwords (given the password is known). This isn’t set through inheritance, but rather from default objectclass=user permissions set through ...
Why do I get a General Access Denied Error in my Application?
You might see an error similar to the following in the Application event log or error log file for your local application installation. “Exception occurred in Active Directory: General access denied error” This usually indicates a permissions error ...
Active Directory Firewall Ports
You might want to set up a Web Active Directory solution in your DMZ and have it work with an Active Directory server behind the firewall on your internal network. You need to open up the appropriate ports to allow this communication from your DMZ to ...
Service Account Error Message in the Installer
Sometimes you will see the following message when trying to enter a service account when installing Web Active Directory products using the installer. “Server not found. Verify that the specified server exists. The server name can not be empty” This ...