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Article ID: 920723 - Last Review: June 28, 2006 - Revision: 1.1
The PasswordChangeFlags metabase property may be set to 6 in IIS 6
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:
The article states that the default value is 0.
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 Drive:\inetpub\adminscripts
Note Drive 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.
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| Value | Setting |
|---|
| 0 | An SSL connection is required to change passwords |
| 1 | An SSL connection is not required to change passwords |
| 2 | Password changing is disabled |
| 4 | Password expiration notification is disabled |
| 6 | Password changing and password expiration notification are disabled |
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 Drive:\inetpub\adminscripts
- At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc\PasswordChangeFlags Value
Note Value represents the value to which you want to change the PasswordChangeFlags property.
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