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Q282062: IIS Does Not Authenticate for the /_AuthChangeUrl URL

Article: Q282062
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDSupport kbCOMIS kbWin2000sp3fix
Last Modified: 15-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Internet Information Server (IIS) does not authenticate for the /_AuthChangeUrl
URL, even if Anonymous access is disabled. /_AuthChangeUrl is a special URL that
is used for the Password Change feature in IIS. When users change their password
using the Password Change page in IIS, a POST is made to the special
/_AuthChangeUrl URL. Regardless of the authentication methods on the site, the
POST request is processed anonymously.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For
additional information, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or
later:

Date        Time      Version        Size     File name     
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1/17/2001  04:42p    5.0.2195.3162  357,136  W3svc.dll


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION
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Because of this behavior, Microsoft Internet Explorer does not POST any data to
/_AuthChangeUrl if the site is configured for Integrated Security. For
additional information about the problem between Internet Explorer and NTLM
authentication, click the article number below to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q273573 IISADMPWD Password Change Pages Fail to Change Passwords When Using
  NTLM Authentication

Additional query words: kbIISCom

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Keywords          : kbDSupport kbCOMIS kbWin2000sp3fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500
Version           : :5.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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