September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
1264 pages
35h 56m
English
You can set the authentication method for your Web resources with property sheets at the Web site, directory, or file level by using IIS Manager.
Requirements
Credentials: Membership in the Administrators group on the local computer.
Tools: Iis.msc.
Recommendation
As a security best practice, log on to your computer using an account that is not in the Administrators group, and then use the Run as command to run IIS Manager as an administrator. At the command prompt, type runas /user:administrative_accountname "mmc %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc".
▸ To configure Web server authentication
In IIS Manager, right-click the Web Sites folder, Web site, directory, virtual directory, or file, and click Properties.
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