I have a WSS3.0 sp2 site with Windows authentication. I wanted to implement form based authentication on this site (default zone) so I followed the steps for modifying the web.config’s for both the site and central admin as I found on TechNet. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262069.aspx#section2 I wrote the code for authenticating the user based on what I found on the following link. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q316748 Everything went well, till I get “Access Denied” on the WSS site. Moreover I went to Central Admin, and tried to add a full access user to the default zone through “Policy for Web Applications”. On “People Picker” whatever user I entered I got “No Exact Match Found”.

Try performing a lookup with your provider:username. i.e. MembershipADProvider:usernameOtherwise, here is a good walk through on setting up FBA with SharePoint:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262201.aspxAnd a followup from Steve Peschka: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/13/update-on-sharepoint-forms-based-authentication-fba-and-office-client.aspxJeffJeff Holliday, MCTS - Solutions Architect - Portals and Collaboration - Ensynch, Inc