Project Server 2007 - Forms Based Authentication

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I have spent days and weeks trying to sift through and get Project Server
2007 working. Now and again after hours of scouring the web I find a little
bit of a hint that gets me one step further. Now I have it working but
CANNOT for the life of me get it working with forms-based authentication.

I found a guide on the office site regarding authentication but it does not
work and I am stuck using Windows authentication. As a result Project 2007
does not work properly. I can open the file from PWA, make changes and save
them but cannot publish the project to the PWA site, thereby making it
available to be viewed in a browser.

I have seen many posts here regarding Project 2007 but nobody ever seems to
reply to them and when they do the answers are really vague and unhelpful
(an honest observation). Is there anybody that can actually help with
getting Forms Authentication working and also helping others on this group
with their Project Server 2007 questions?

Regards
Mitchell

 

[martin]

Ther are two ways to get Access to Project Server 2007. Windows and
Forms (AspNetSQLMembershipProvider) Authentication. Please follow the
steps under:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Offic...56f7-4399-ad28-15ac35e8723d1033.mspx?mfr=true


Regards

Martin Hespe, MCP - www.theprojectgroup.com

 

[John]

I followed the article to the following point and receive this error:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\Bin>PjFormsAuthUpgrade.exe
-log c
:\forms.log -url http://"servername"/pwa -usersfile users.xml
Error http://"servername"/pwa not specified.

John

 

[John]

I have Project Server/Sharepoint on one box and SQL on another box. My connection string reads as follows:

<connectionStrings>
<remove name="LocalSqlServer" />
<add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="data
source=computer\instance;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=aspnetdb" />
</connectionStrings>

I followed the article for creating a users.xml file and ran the command
line as follows:
PjFormsAuthUpgrade.exe -log c:\forms.log –url http://localhost/pwa
-usersfile users.xml

I receive this error:

 

[starun24]

<connectionStrings>
<remove name="LocalSqlServer" />
<add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="data
source=computer\instance;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=aspnetdb" />
</connectionStrings>

I followed the article for creating a users.xml file and ran the command
line as follows:
PjFormsAuthUpgrade.exe -log c:\forms.log -urlhttp://localhost/pwa
-usersfile users.xml

I receive this error:




- Show quoted text -

Hi,
execute command as follows

PjFormsAuthUpgrade.exe -log c:\forms.log -usersfile users.xml -url
http://localhost/pwa

This will help you.

Thanks,
Arun

 

[rumanbehlim]

Hi,
I feel your frustration. This is a real dog to get working, after
trying a good few times I noticed that changing the order of the
parameters:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers
\12.0\Bin>PjFormsAuthUpgrade.exe -log forms.log -usersfile users.xml -
url http://"servername"/pwa

Try it in that order and it should work (fingers crossed). I hate
MICROSOFT!!! and the fact that you have to go through this complicated
process to configure/add users. They push everyone to use Windows
Authentication without a proper alternative.

Sorry for the RANT, I had problems installing the Beta version for
months with the boss breathing down my neck. The live version is a
lot more stable. But it still doesn't excuse Microsoft for providing
absolutely no useful help guide or documentation even though the
product has been out for months.

ARRRRGGHHH!!!

By the way I have managed to get Project Server 2007 fully operational
with forms authentication. Works OK. It's a shame you cannot
customise the site..... Here I go again.