| Peoplepicker-nowindowsaccountsfornonwindowsauthenticationmode: Stsadm property (Office SharePoint Server) | |
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Description
Specifies not to search Active Directory when the current port is using forms-based authentication.
For example, a Web application uses Windows authentication on port 80 and uses forms-based authentication on port 81. If a user accesses port 81 and attempts a search, results are returned when People Picker is used.
Syntax
stsadm -o setproperty
-propertyname peoplepicker-nowindowsaccountsfornonwindowsauthenticationmode
-propertyvalue {Yes | No}
[-url] <URL>
The syntax for the getproperty operation is:
stsadm -o getproperty
-propertyname peoplepicker-nowindowsaccountsfornonwindowsauthenticationmode
[-url] <URL>
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| You can substitute -pn for -propertyname and -pv for -propertyvalue. |
Values
The following table shows possible values.
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propertyname |
Gets or sets the name of the property. |
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propertyvalue |
Yes: People Picker only searches from the membership provider. No: People Picker searches both the membership provider and the Windows Active Directory. |
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url |
Typically, a path to the URL of the Web application, in the form http://server_name. |
Examples
Search membership providers using Windows authentication
Do not search Windows Active Directory when the current port is using forms-based authentication.
To search from a membership provider only, use the following syntax:
stsadm -o setproperty -url http://<server> -pn "peoplepicker-nowindowsaccountsfornonwindowsauthenticationmode" -pv yes
To search a membership provider and Windows Active Directory, use the following syntax:
stsadm -o setproperty -url http://<server> -pn "peoplepicker-nowindowsaccountsfornonwindowsauthenticationmode" -pv no
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| If the value is set to Yes, the People Picker does not try to search or resolve a user against Active Directory if the current zone does not use Windows authentication. |
To view the current setting for the nowindowsaccountsfornonwindowsauthenticationmode property, use the following syntax:
stsadm -o getproperty -pn peoplepicker-nowindowsaccountsfornonwindowsauthenticationmode