Allow Anonymous Access to the Password Reset Portal
How do I go about enabling Anonymous Access to the Password Reset Portal?The following instructions don't seem accurate anymore. Has this setting changed with Sharepoint Services 3.0SP2?When I click on "Settings" in Step 4 the only option displayed is "Permission Levels". Allow Anonymous Access to the password reset portal In this procedure you will configure the portal to allow Anonymous Access to users who need to reset their passwords. To allow anonymous access to the password reset portal Log on to the password portal (http://<portal hostname/PasswordPortal) as an administrator. On the top right hand side of the portal homepage click Site Actions, and then click Site Settings. Under Users and Permissions click Advanced Permissions. On the Permissions page, click Settings, and then select Anonymous Access. Under Anonymous users can access, select Entire Web site, and then click OK.
November 17th, 2009 11:29pm

http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2006/09/25/Enabling-anonymous-access-in-SharePoint-2007.aspx would this one help?The FIM Password Reset Blog http://blogs.technet.com/aho/
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November 18th, 2009 3:10am

Yes, that was very helpful. Thanks! Just in case that site dissapears and someone else needs this info, here it is:If you dont see the Anonymous Access menu option in the Settings menu, it might not be turned on in Central Admin/IIS. You can manually navigate to _layouts/setanon.aspx if you want, but the options will be grayed out if it hasnt been enabled in IIS First get to your portal. Then under My Links look for Central Administration and select it. In the Central Administration site selectApplication Management either in the Quick Launch or across the top tabs Select Authentication Providers in the Application Security section Click on the Default zone (or whatever zone you want to enable anonymous access for) Under Anonymous Access click the check box to enable it and click Save NOTE: Make sure the Web Application in the menu at the top right is your portal/site and not the admin site. You can confirm that anonymous access is enabled by going back into the IIS console and checking the Directory Security properties. Now the second part is to enable anonymous access in the site. Return to your sites home page and navigate to the site settings page. In MOSS, this is under Site Actions Site Settings Modify All Site Settings. In WSS its under Site Actions Site Settings. Under the Users and Permissions section click on Advanced permissions On the Settings drop down menu (on the toolbar) select Anonymous Access Select the option you want anonymous users to have (full access or documents and lists only) Now users without logging in will get whatever option you allowed them. A couple of notes about anonymous access: You will need to set up the 2nd partfor all sites unless you have permission inheritance turned on You must do both setups to enable anonymous access for users, one in IIS and the other in each site
November 18th, 2009 4:41pm

Ok, I'm having a very weird issue now. I'm not sure if this is expected behavior or not.I enabled anonymous access in the Central Administration. Then I activated anonymous access on the server\passwordportal site. After a reboot I am receiving the generic SharePoint error page (An unexpected error has occurred) when attempting to access the passwordportal site both from the server and from remote workstations. Looking in the Event Logs it appears that FIM is rejecting the IUSR account:GetCurrentUserFromSecurityIdentifier: No such user NT AUTHORITY\IUSR, S-1-5-17Here iswhere it gets strange. If I open a browser on the FIM server and go to the main FIM portal site and login as an FIM administrator, as soon as the login is complete I am immediately able to view the /PasswordPortal site on remote workstations anonymously without the generic error page, and password reset works fine.I've tested this a few times now and waited various lengths of time and accessed the /PasswordPortal site from multiple remote workstations to be sure it wasn't just coincidence. It's easily reproducible.It appears that the MPR "Anonymous users can reset their password" isn't processing on remote requests until after I login to the FIM portal as an Admin on the server.
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November 18th, 2009 6:04pm

when you say GetCurrentUserFromSecurityIdentifier: No such user NT AUTHORITY\IUSR, S-1-5-17 do you have a complete call stack? The FIM Password Reset Blog http://blogs.technet.com/aho/
November 18th, 2009 9:46pm

I have nearly the same error - haven't tested if the password reset works from a remote machine. Doesn't work from FIM portal server itself - get password portal page, submit username/domain and get error:Dialog Box: "A Service Proxy exception was encountered while running the password reset application. Error text: An unexpected error has occured. Please contact helpdesk or you administrator. Error code 40007"Event Log Error:Log Name: Forefront Identity ManagerSource: Microsoft.ResourceManagementDate: 24/11/2009 9:21:04 a.m.Event ID: 3Task Category: NoneLevel: ErrorKeywords: ClassicUser: N/AComputer: hostname.domainDescription:GetCurrentUserFromSecurityIdentifier: No such user NT AUTHORITY\IUSR, S-1-5-17Event Xml:<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft.ResourceManagement" /> <EventID Qualifiers="0">3</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-11-23T20:21:04.000Z" /> <EventRecordID>714843</EventRecordID> <Channel>Forefront Identity Manager</Channel> <Computer>hostname.domain</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>GetCurrentUserFromSecurityIdentifier: No such user NT AUTHORITY\IUSR, S-1-5-17</Data> </EventData></Event>
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November 24th, 2009 12:56am

Capriole, the issue you see is not really related to "allowing anonymous access to pwd portal". i suggest you open a new thread and i will assist you there >>I have nearly the same error - haven't tested if the password reset works from a remote machine. you mention this, so i assume you are trying this on the FIM Service box? if that's the case, you are running win2008 and notice on 2008, IE ESC is turned ON by default. That means if you go to http://fimserver/PasswordPortal, it will be rendered as internet (instead of trusted site). FIM activeX only works if IE protected mode is OFFThe FIM Password Reset Blog http://blogs.technet.com/aho/
November 24th, 2009 2:57am

Sorry relaise issue was different just same error.Doens't seem to be related to IE ESC as that was off.Seems to be related to Sharepoint Search not haveing been disabled - disabled it and problem disappeared.
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November 24th, 2009 4:09am

The error should have nothing related to the sharepoint portal being anonymous or not. >>"A Service Proxy exception was encountered while running the password reset application. Error text: An unexpected error has occured. Please contact helpdesk or you administrator. Error code 40007" start a new thread and i would be happy to assist u there :)The FIM Password Reset Blog http://blogs.technet.com/aho/
November 24th, 2009 5:38am

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