IIS 6 and Anonymous on Windows Server 2003

I have a brand spanking fresh install of IIS on Windows Server 2003 R2.
It has anonymous access enabled on the default website and NOT
integrated windows authentication. I only want anonymous access.

I have made sure that the Anonymous account (IUSR_computername) has
Read, "Read & Execute" and "List Folder Contents" on the
Inetpub\wwwroot folder.


I cannot get the iisstart.htm webpage, the "Under Construction" page,
or any other web pages to load (it is one of the default documents in
IIS). I keep getting 401.1 errors.


It worked out of the box on Windows 2000 and IIS 5. Any ideas on why
IIS is being so difficult? And how I might resolve this problem?


Thanks.

Randy Beckwith

Re: IIS 6 and Anonymous on Windows Server 2003

Enable security logon auditing event.
Check if iusr failed to login....... it could be password out of sync

--
Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.iis.net/
http://www.iis-resources.com/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/


wrote in message
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>I have a brand spanking fresh install of IIS on Windows Server 2003 R2.
> It has anonymous access enabled on the default website and NOT
> integrated windows authentication. I only want anonymous access.
>
> I have made sure that the Anonymous account (IUSR_computername) has
> Read, "Read & Execute" and "List Folder Contents" on the
> Inetpub\wwwroot folder.
>
>
> I cannot get the iisstart.htm webpage, the "Under Construction" page,
> or any other web pages to load (it is one of the default documents in
> IIS). I keep getting 401.1 errors.
>
>
> It worked out of the box on Windows 2000 and IIS 5. Any ideas on why
> IIS is being so difficult? And how I might resolve this problem?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Randy Beckwith
>

Re: IIS 6 and Anonymous on Windows Server 2003

Thanks, man.

Your auditing suggestion was the key. Turns out the IUSR_computername
account wasn't given any rights to log onto the machine. I gave it the
"Logon from network" and that solved the problem. Not sure why the IIS
install didn't give it the correct rights in the first place but.... at
least it's working now.

Thanks again,

Randy


Bernard Cheah [MVP] wrote:
> Enable security logon auditing event.
> Check if iusr failed to login....... it could be password out of sync
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bernard Cheah
> http://www.iis.net/
> http://www.iis-resources.com/
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/
>
>
> wrote in message
> news:1159195950.839851.248980@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >I have a brand spanking fresh install of IIS on Windows Server 2003 R2.
> > It has anonymous access enabled on the default website and NOT
> > integrated windows authentication. I only want anonymous access.
> >
> > I have made sure that the Anonymous account (IUSR_computername) has
> > Read, "Read & Execute" and "List Folder Contents" on the
> > Inetpub\wwwroot folder.
> >
> >
> > I cannot get the iisstart.htm webpage, the "Under Construction" page,
> > or any other web pages to load (it is one of the default documents in
> > IIS). I keep getting 401.1 errors.
> >
> >
> > It worked out of the box on Windows 2000 and IIS 5. Any ideas on why
> > IIS is being so difficult? And how I might resolve this problem?
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Randy Beckwith
> >

Re: IIS 6 and Anonymous on Windows Server 2003

By default - access this computer from network is granted to iusr acc.
It could be your local/domain policy that have removed the rights.
Default permissions and user rights for IIS 6.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=812614

--
Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.iis.net/
http://www.iis-resources.com/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/


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> Thanks, man.
>
> Your auditing suggestion was the key. Turns out the IUSR_computername
> account wasn't given any rights to log onto the machine. I gave it the
> "Logon from network" and that solved the problem. Not sure why the IIS
> install didn't give it the correct rights in the first place but.... at
> least it's working now.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Randy
>
>
> Bernard Cheah [MVP] wrote:
>> Enable security logon auditing event.
>> Check if iusr failed to login....... it could be password out of sync
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bernard Cheah
>> http://www.iis.net/
>> http://www.iis-resources.com/
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/
>>
>>
>> wrote in message
>> news:1159195950.839851.248980@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> >I have a brand spanking fresh install of IIS on Windows Server 2003 R2.
>> > It has anonymous access enabled on the default website and NOT
>> > integrated windows authentication. I only want anonymous access.
>> >
>> > I have made sure that the Anonymous account (IUSR_computername) has
>> > Read, "Read & Execute" and "List Folder Contents" on the
>> > Inetpub\wwwroot folder.
>> >
>> >
>> > I cannot get the iisstart.htm webpage, the "Under Construction" page,
>> > or any other web pages to load (it is one of the default documents in
>> > IIS). I keep getting 401.1 errors.
>> >
>> >
>> > It worked out of the box on Windows 2000 and IIS 5. Any ideas on why
>> > IIS is being so difficult? And how I might resolve this problem?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Randy Beckwith
>> >
>