Summary

You can configure WebLink such that internal network users automatically authenticate using Windows authentication and external users authenticate by specifying a user name and password on the WebLink login page.

More Information

Create two IIS virtual directories for your WebLink installation. Configure one virtual directory to use Windows authentication and configure the other virtual directory for anonymous access.

Note: Internal and external users will use different URLs to access WebLink.

Configuring your default WebLink virtual directory for Windows authentication

Please see the following Knowledge Base article:

1011109 Enabling Windows Authentication for WebLink.

Creating a second virtual directory

1. Click Start, navigate to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to load the Internet Information Services MMC snap-in.
2. Select Default Web Site.
3. From the Action menu, point to New, then click Virtual Directory.
4. Click Next.
5. From the Virtual Directory Alias step, type a name for the virtual directory.
6. Click Next.
7. From the Web Site Content Directory step, type or browse to the "Web Files" subfolder located in your Laserfiche WebLink installation folder.
8. Click Next.
9. From the Virtual Directory Access Permissions step, select the Read and Run scripts (such as ASP) options.
10. Click Next, and then click Finish.
11. Specify a default page.
    1. In the IIS Manager window, select your newly created virtual directory.
    2. From the Action menu, click Properties.
    3. Click the Documents tab.
    4. Select the Enable Default Document option.
    5. Click Add to load the Add Default Document dialog box.
    6. Type the following and click OK to add Login.aspx as the default document.

       Login.aspx

12. Configure directory security for the new virtual directory.
    1. Click the Directory Security tab.
    2. In the Authentication and access control section, click Edit to load the Authentication Methods dialog box.
    3. Select the Enable Anonymous access option.
    4. Next to User name, specify the desired Windows account that will be used to authenticate to IIS.
    5. Next to Password, specify the password associated with the specified Windows user account. If you specified a machine account, select the Allow IIS to control password check box.
    6. Click OK to save your changes and close the Authentication Methods dialog box.
    7. Click OK to save your changes and close the VirtualDirectoryName Properties dialog box.
13. Configure DCOM security for the anonymous user account.
    1. Click Start and then click Run.
    2. In the Run dialog box, type the following and then click OK to load the Component Services MMC snap-in.

       dcomcnfg

    3. Under Console Root, expand Component Services.
    4. Expand Computers.
    5. Expand My Computer.
    6. Expand DCOM Config.
    7. Select Laserfiche 7.x.
    8. From the Action menu, click Properties.
    9. Click the Security tab.
    10. In the Launch and Activation Permissions section, select Customize and then click Edit.
    11. Make sure the anonymous user account you specified in step 12 has Local Activation and Remote Activation rights.
    12. Click OK to save your changes.

Related Links

For information on firewall compatibility, please see the following Knowledge Base articles.

1011186 Configuring WebLink to be Firewall Compatible.

1011765 Configuring Laserfiche to be Firewall Compatible.