Windows 2003 - Event Log Error - W3SVC-WP

In the Event Log for one of our Windows 2003 servers, we
are seeing the following error message:

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BEGIN MESSAGE
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Source: W3SVC-WP - Event ID: 2265

The registry key for IIS subauthenticator is not
configured correctly on local machine, the anonymous
password sync feature is disabled.
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END MESSAGE
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The Microsoft website doesn't seem to have much
information on this error, except to say that they
have 'no further information'. A Google search also
doesn't reveal anything.

Your help in determining what the problem is and how we
may go about correcting it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Are you trying to have "IIS control the anonymous user password" after
initially having changed it? If so, then you need to enable the password
sync feature so that IIS can retrieve the IUSR password from the Security
Accounts database. This is *disabled* in IIS v6 by default, because it
constitutes a security threat (someone able to admin IIS can have IIS run
under a domain admin account, without knowing the actual admin password, and
then perform tasks they wouldn't otherwise be able to).

You can read the relevant instructions in the security chapter of the IIS 6
Resource Kit:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyi...0A1B6E6

Chees
Ken


"Chris Adams" <chris.DeleteThis@rochen.com> wrote in message
news:004101c3a0ab$39984c80$a601280a@phx.gbl...
: In the Event Log for one of our Windows 2003 servers, we
: are seeing the following error message:
:
: =================
: BEGIN MESSAGE
: =================
: Source: W3SVC-WP - Event ID: 2265
:
: The registry key for IIS subauthenticator is not
: configured correctly on local machine, the anonymous
: password sync feature is disabled.
: =================
: END MESSAGE
: =================
:
: The Microsoft website doesn't seem to have much
: information on this error, except to say that they
: have 'no further information'. A Google search also
: doesn't reveal anything.
:
: Your help in determining what the problem is and how we
: may go about correcting it would be greatly appreciated.
:
: Thanks in advance!