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Q183729: Valid User Needed for Remote Administration Using HTMLA

Article: Q183729
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): WINNT:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 02-MAY-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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To administer a remote computer running Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0
using Internet Service Manager (HTML), you must log on with a valid
administrator (or operator) account for that remote computer. If you want to
access Internet Service Manager (HTML) on a remote computer with a different
account, an account other than the one you used to log on to the local computer,
you must enable Basic Authentication and disable Windows NT Challenge/Response
authentication on the Directory Security property sheet for the Administration
Web site or the IISAdmin virtual directory. You will then be prompted for proper
user account credentials.

MORE INFORMATION
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With previous releases, you could create a session to \\ServerName\IPC$ using a
different user account to get access. This will not work for IIS 4.0.

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis400
Version           : WINNT:4.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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