Microsoft KB Archive/240654

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

Article ID: 240654

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q240654



We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx



IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY
 * Introduction
 * Configure the Pages for Different Ports
 * Troubleshooting

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

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Introduction
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

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Configure the Pages for Different Ports
  Open each of the pages and search the text for the following string: <%iis.SERVER_NAME%>  For each occurrence of this text, if the URL begins with "http://<%iis.SERVER_NAME%>" change it to read "http://<%iis.SERVER_NAME%>: ," where  is the port that the Web site is listening on. Likewise, change each URL that begins with "https://<%iis.SERVER_NAME%>" to read "https://<%iis.SERVER_NAME%>: ," where  is the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) port that the Web site is listening on.

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Troubleshooting
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:

296617 Error When Password Changed After Password Change Utility Installed

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