Re: IIS says "You are not authorized to view this page". Grrrr.

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>]

On Tuesday 22 March 2005 01:02, Brendon Lloyd Higgins wrote:
>Not Debian specific, but worth a try.
>
>Braindead administrators at my uni have installed an IIS system for
> a team project I'm working on as part of my studies. As you
> might've guessed, this server requires authentication, but use
> anything other than IE and it won't ask for it. It'll just tell you
> "You are not authorized to view this page".
>
>I'm not sure what to do. I tried installing Samba to see if it
> might've had some useful tools, but ntlm_auth seems to have
> disappeared. I've tried the ntlmaps package but I don't think I
> know how to set it up right.
>
>I just want to log in and access my stuff. Short of tearing the
> admins a new one, what else could I try? Any pointers to other
> relevant info is appreciated.

There used to be a setting in some browsers that would allow them to 
spoof who they were, but I don't recall seeing that in them recently.

And I just spent 40 minutes looking for that setting in mozilla 
without finding it, and that includes the 'about:config' address.

Opera used to be able to do that & I think even netscape could do it.  
I wonder why mozilla can't says he...

Aha!  konqueror still can, but you'll have to know what IE calls 
itself and enter it in the browser ident menu as a custom item.

I hope this helps.  And when they discover you've not been using IE, 
point out to them that the lockup M$ is attempting with the IE only 
attitude is what got them into antitrust court, and will again the 
minute GWB is gone.  You might also point out that you paid real 
money for your tuition, and that you would like to have real service 
for your money.  If that doesn't work, find a lawyer.

>Peace,
>Brendon

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