Microsoft KB Archive/258779

= Search Cannot Crawl Web Site with Forms or Cookie Authentication =

Article ID: 258779

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q258779



SYMPTOMS
When you use Site Server 3.0 Search to crawl a Web site, if the Web site is using Site Server Membership and requires membership authentication, forms and cookie authentication cannot be used.



CAUSE
Site Server Search does not accept or support these authentication methods. However, you can use the following Membership authentication methods:
 * Anonymous
 * Basic
 * DPA
 * NTLM



WORKAROUND
If Site Server Search needs to perform a Web crawl to index the Web site and the entire Web site requires forms or cookie authentication, create a second Web site pointing to the same content, and use an authentication method that is supported.

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