Problem with Live Writer Using AD

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6/12/2012 1:00:03 PM
ahope577
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Problem with Live Writer Using AD

I'm not sure if this is even possible due to Windows Live Writers lack of support for AD but we are developing an intranet based around mojoportal and one of the features I was hoping to showcase was the use of Live Writer for editing and creating content however it looks like I have been thwarted -

Configuration

IIS v6 Win2k3 R2

SQL CE  v2.3.8.5 of Mojo

ASP.NET 4.0 running in full trust

I have IIS configured to use integrated windows authentication only and this works a treat users are signed right in and no need to double enter passwords etc for seperate system sign on. However Live Writer will not authenticate - I can enable anonymous signon for the site in IIS and Live Writer works a treat. I found some info on telegent site which talks about configuring certain files and using an API key

Is there a workaround for this Issue and would building this into the product in the future be an Issue? 

Ultimately what I would like to have is the ability for the user not to have to sign on and for them to be able to edit\create content using WLR front end (for those who are not comfortable using the built in editor)

6/15/2012 2:03:04 PM
Joe Audette
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Re: Problem with Live Writer Using AD

Hi,

When you say you are using AD, it sounds like you really mean you are using Windows Authentication. It should work using AD/LDAP over forms authentication.

Technically there is no way to make WLW use Windows Authentication, in the article you posted they are providing a way to bypass Windows Authentication.

In mojoPortal I "think" a different but similar workaround is possible. When using Windows Authentication, we automatically create a mojoPortal user in the database and a random password is generated and assigned to the user though he doesn't need that password for signing into the site with Windows Authentication, he could use that password and his user name for WLW. You can think of this random user password as the equivalent of the user api key in telligent.

You can try it out by looking up the password in the mp_Users table in the Pwd field. So the user could enter his username from the LoginName field and his password from the Pwd field in WLW when configuring the blog. He will only need that to set it up since WLW retains that data.

Hope that helps,

Joe

6/15/2012 2:05:16 PM
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Re: Problem with Live Writer Using AD

Since you are using SQL CE, if you don't have any GUI tools to look in the database you could use our built in Query Tool.

Hope that helps,

Joe

8/2/2012 8:45:09 AM
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Re: Problem with Live Writer Using AD

Hi Joe

I was finally able to try this out (other duties had prohibited me) and unfortunately it does not function, I believe that having Windows Authentication as the only form is what is causing the Issue - I continue to receive the invalid username and password as such I have contacted the business unit using the application and they will be proceeding with using the WYSIWYG editors built in to the product. Thanks so much for attempting to provide a workaround it is much appreciated 

Al

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