User manual PARALLELS HELM 4.2.0 IIS PASSWORD FOR MICROSOFT IIS 5 AND 6 MODULE GUIDE REV 1.0

[. . . ] The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special information. Formatting convention Special Bold Type of Information Items you must select, such as menu options, command buttons, or items in a list. Titles of chapters, sections, and subsections. Italics Used to emphasize the importance of a point, to introduce a term or to designate a command line placeholder, which is to be replaced with a real name or value. The names of commands, files, directories, and domain names. [. . . ] It uses Basic HTTP Authentication for password protecting web sites on IIS, just like htaccess works on Apache. With Parallels Helm's integration of IIS Password, it is possible to password protect a web site in just moments. More advanced settings provide options such as user group management. To configure the IIS Password settings in Parallels Helm: 1 Go to the IIS service you have set up: Home > Helm System > Servers > [Your Server] > Services > [Your IIS 5/6 Web Service] IIS Password ISAPI DLL Path: This is the path to the IIS Password DLL on the server, which is created when IIS Password is installed. It will be located at this location: C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\iispasswordfilter. dll Windows 2003 servers) C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv\iispasswordfilter. dll Windows 2000 servers) (for (for 2 Scroll down and you will the IIS Password details. Secure Data Directory: This is the name of the folder that is created in a domain's web directory for secured folders, when it is added to Parallels Helm. It is called Secure by default, but can be changed as required. If you check the Create an info file box, it will place a text file in this folder warning users not to delete the folder. Default Realm Text: This is the text that will be placed by default in the secure folder section of your Parallels Helm domains as an example of text that end users can use. It will be displayed on the password prompt screen of any secured folder they try to access via a browser. By default, the text states "Please enter a username and password to access this page" but this can be changed as required. Users Data File Name: This is the name of the file created in the secure data directory folder which relates to the user logins that have been created in IIS Password. By default it is called . htpasswd but this can be changed as required. Groups Data File Name: This is the name of the file created in the secure data directory folder which relates to the group logins that have been created in IIS Password. By default it is called . htgroups but this can be changed as required. Folders Data File Name: This is the name of the file created in the secure data directory folder which relates to the folder logins that have been created in IIS Password. By default it is called . htfolders but this can be changed as required. Configuring IIS Password in Parallels Helm 11 3 Click Save to update the service, and to complete the IIS Password configuration. CHAPTER 7 Creating Secure Folders, Users, and Groups Now that your password protection software of choice is set up, all you need to do is choose the folders that you want to secure, and create users which have access to these folders. 1 Go to the domain in Parallels Helm you want to enable IIS Password on and click the Secure Folders icon. Click the Add button under Protected Folders to create a secure folder. Click the Users icon to create secure folder users. Click the Groups icon to create secure folder user groups. 2 You will be taken to the main Secure Folders screen. In this chapter: Creating Secure Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Creating Secure Folder Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Creating Secure Folder Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Creating Secure Folders, Users, and Groups 13 Creating Secure Folders The first thing you will want to do is specify which folders you want to protect using IIS Password. To create a secure folder: 1 Under the Protected Folders list, click Add to get taken to the Protected Folder screen: Folder to Protect. [. . . ] Here you can select the Folders and Groups that this user will be assigned to. You can move users between the Assigned/Not Assigned to folder/groups by using the >> and << buttons. 2 Once you have made your choices, click Save to save your Secure Folder User. 14 Creating Secure Folders, Users, and Groups Creating Secure Folder Groups You may want to allow several users to have access to a secure folder. The easiest way to do this is to create a Secure Folder Group, to which you can then add users, and then simply assign that group to the folder. To create a Secure Folder Group: 1 Click the Groups icon from the main Secure Folders screen to get taken to a page which contains a list of Groups currently set up. Click Add to create a new secure folder group on you domain: Group Name. [. . . ]