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Q214515: How to Determine which Virtual Server References [Port /LM/W3SVC

Article: Q214515
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:; winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 02-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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This article explains how to determine the server instance [Port /LM/W3SVC/#:]
in the Frontpg.ini file that refers to a particular virtual server by its IP
address and/or Web site name.

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In the Frontpg.ini file (located by default in C:\Winnt), you will see [Port
/LM/W3SVC/#:] (where # is a number referring to the server instance).

This is added each time you install the FrontPage Server Extensions to a new
virtual server on your Web server. The number at the end will increase with each
new virtual server or multihosted site. If you uninstall the extensions from a
virtual server or a multihosted site, you will see the [Port /LM/W3SVC/#:]
removed.

If you install another virtual server or multihosted site, it will not use the
number of the last deleted site. It will increase from whatever the last number
of the virtual server or multihosted Web site that was created. The only way
that this number will stay the same is if the virtual server or multihosted site
that you deleted was the last one that you created.

To determine the IP address and/or the name of the virtual server in the
Frontpg.ini file that uses [Port /LM/W3SVC/#:], perform the following steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, and then type the following to open the MSDOS dialog
  box.

2. At the command prompt type cd c:\winnt\system32\inetserv\adminsamples and
  press the Enter key. This will put you inside the Adminsamples dir (the drive
  letter may differ than the above example).

3. You will see the following path: c:\winnt\system32\inetserv\adminsamples

4. At the end of the path, type the following (without the quotation marks):
  "adsutil.vbs get w3svc/#/serverbindings" (where # is the number in the
  Frontpg.ini file that you are trying to determine the IP address and/or the
  Web site name of the virtual server [Port /LM/W3SVC/#:]).

5. Press the Enter key to execute the Visual Basic script and return you with
  the following:

  serverbindings : <List> "000.000.000.000:80:" or
  : <List> "000.000.000.000:80:" "80: website name"

To determine the name of the multihosted Web site in the Frontpg.ini file that
uses [Port /LM/W3SVC/#:], perform the following steps:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, point to
  Microsoft Internet Information Server, and then click Internet Service
  Manager. This will open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).

2. Look at each multihosted Web site to determine the number that has been
  assigned during its creation.

3. To do this, right-click the Web site and click Properties.

4. You will see multiple tabs across the top of the dialog box. Click the Web
  Site tab (it should open by default).

5. At the bottom of the page, click the check box to enable logging (if it is
  not already checked).

6. Click the Properties box to open an extended logging dialog box.

7. Click the General Properties tab (it should open by default).

8. At the bottom of the dialog box, you will see the w3svc\#\exyymmdd.log log
  file name (where # represents the number [Port /LM/W3SVC/#:] in the
  Frontpg.ini file).

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbFrontPageSearch kbiis400 _IKkbZNotKeyword4 kbFrontPage98Search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:; winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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