OWA on Exchange 2003 with forms bases authentication does not work.

[Robert Sills]

Just set up forms based authentication on Exchange 2003
server running on W2k (with proper SP). When I test the
set up I get the forms based logon but after
authentication all I get is a page with the following:

-2147467259 (0x80004005)

OWA still works when I use
www.exchange.com/exchange/username.

There is no information in the event logs and the IIS
logs shows the following:

2004-05-04 20:34:20 10.110.11.80 - 10.110.11.45 443
POST /exchweb/bin/auth/owaauth.dll - 500 Mozilla/4.0+
(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322)

Any thoughts?

[David Ruschinek]

Did you restart MSExchangeIS and IIS or restart the sever, after turning on
the FBA?

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David Ruschinek
Exchange Systems Manager

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[Tim Hackbart [MSFT]]

This can occur if owaauth.dll does not have the correct rights when trying
to execute.

It needs to be running as "local system', which means it either needs to be
in the Inprocessisapiapps key at the w3svc level in the metabase or set the
Application Protection to "Low-In Process" on the Auth directory under
Exchweb.

The easiest thing is to go to IIS
then expand the Default Web Site
then Exchweb
then bin
Right click on Auth and choose Properties
Click "create" and then set the "Application Protection" to "Low -IIS
Process" as opposed to "Medium"

Restart IISAdmin and test

Hope this helps

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