The steps that explain how to create a new virtual server and enable it for anonymous access are listed in the "Manage Anonymous Access Settings" topic of the "Portal and Site Security" section of the "Security" chapter of the
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide. The following is the link to that topic in the .chm file:
mk:@MSITStore:C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\sbraun\Desktop\SharepointPSAdmin.chm::/html/ManagingAnonymousAccessSettings.htm
I followed the directions in the chm file, but they didn't work. This is what I came up with, which is similar to the chm file, but step 3 is an addition to the chm.
Make sure that you follow these steps in this order:
- Create a Virtual Site using IIS (follow the detailed steps in the chm)
- Extend the virtual Server, using the Central Administration Tool (follow the detailed steps in the chm).
- Make sure that you choose to Extend and Map to Another Virtual Server.
- Change anonymous access for the WSS site, logging in through the Anonymous site.
On the portal, click Site Settings.
- Under General Settings, click Manage security and additional settings.
- Under Users and Permissions, click Change anonymous access settings.
- To enable or disable anonymous access to the site, in the Anonymous Access section, under Anonymous users can access, select one of the following:
- Areas and Content
- Areas, Content and Search
- Nothing
- Click OK.
- Enable Anonymous Access for the Virtual Server IIS Management Tool (follow the detailed steps in the chm).