Article ID: 920723 - Last Review: June 28, 2006 - Revision: 1.1

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

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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://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms525468.aspx (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms525468.aspx)
The article states that the default value is 0.

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To verify the value for the PasswordChangeFlags metabase property, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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ValueSetting
0An SSL connection is required to change passwords
1An SSL connection is not required to change passwords
2Password changing is disabled
4Password expiration notification is disabled
6Password changing and password expiration notification are disabled
To change the value for the PasswordChangeFlags metabase property, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
  2. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
    cd Drive:\inetpub\adminscripts
  3. 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.
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0
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