Microsoft KB Archive/920723

= The PasswordChangeFlags metabase property may be set to 6 in IIS 6 =

Article ID: 920723

Article Last Modified on 6/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0

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In Microsoft Internet Information Services 6, the PasswordChangeFlags metabase property contains values that control password expiration and password change processing between the server and a client. By default, the PasswordChangeFlags metabase property may be set to 6.

This behavior contradicts the following Microsoft TechNet article:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/f/?en/Library/562c1596-2e04-4002-8af8-86247e008c5c1033.mspx

The article states that the default value is 0.



MORE INFORMATION
To verify the value for the PasswordChangeFlags metabase property, follow these steps:  Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK . At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

cd :\inetpub\adminscripts

Note  represents the letter of the drive on which IIS is installed. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

cscript adsutil.vbs get w3svc\PasswordChangeFlags



The following table lists the possible values for the PasswordChangeFlags property in the IIS metabase.

To change the value for the PasswordChangeFlags metabase property, follow these steps:  Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK . At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

cd :\inetpub\adminscripts

 At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc\PasswordChangeFlags

Note  represents the value to which you want to change the PasswordChangeFlags property.</li></ol>

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