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Q240654: HOW TO: Configure the IISADMPWD Pages for Different Ports

Article: Q240654
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 4.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbHOWTOmaster
Last Modified: 13-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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IN THIS TASK
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- SUMMARY

   - Introduction
   - Configure the Pages for Different Ports
   - Troubleshooting

- REFERENCES

SUMMARY
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This step-by-step article describes how to change passwords on a Web server that
is running on a port other than 80.

Introduction
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Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 and Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0
include Administration Web pages that allow users to change passwords only when
a Web server is running on the IIS default port of 80. This article describes
how to modify these pages to work on other ports.

By default, the IIS installation creates a folder in the following location:

  %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\inetsrv\iisadmpwd

The following files are then copied to that folder:

  Achg.htr
  Aexp.htr
  Aexp2.htr
  Aexp2b.htr
  Aexp3.htr
  Aexp4.htr
  Aexp4b.htr
  Anot.htr
  Anot3.htr

Configure the Pages for Different Ports
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1. Open each of the pages and search the text for the following string:

   <%iis.SERVER_NAME%>

2. For each occurrence of this text, if the URL begins with
  "http://<%iis.SERVER_NAME%>" change it to read
  "http://<%iis.SERVER_NAME%>:<PORT1>," where <PORT1> is the
  port that the Web site is listening on.

3. Likewise, change each URL that begins with
  "https://<%iis.SERVER_NAME%>" to read
  "https://<%iis.SERVER_NAME%>:<PORT2>," where <PORT2> is the
  Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) port that the Web site is listening on.

Troubleshooting
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You may receive the following error message when you try to modify a password:

  The parameter is incorrect.

For additional information about how to resolve this problem, click the article
number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q296617 Error When Password Changed After Password Change Utility Installed

REFERENCES
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For additional information about this feature, click the article numbers below
to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q184058 Unable to Change Password Using the IIS 4.0 Change Password Feature

  Q184619 How to Change Windows NT Account Passwords Using Internet Information
  Server (IIS) 4.0

  Q269082 IISADMPWD Virtual Directory Is Not Created During Clean Install of
  IIS 5.0

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbHOWTOmaster 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbiis400
Version           : :4.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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