> I am running IIS 5.0 on Windows 2000 PRO. Our web developers needed to create
> or edit websites, for security reasons I cannot simply give them admin rights
> or the password to the admin account.
>
> For security reasons, we create the developers machines with non-admin
> profile.
> They do not have the proper rights to use the IIS management console!!
>
> Is there a way to provide users without admin rights the ability to use IIS
> to create, edit and manage websites?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Best Regards

> Hi,
>
> If you are using Windows 2000 Server, you can add the regular user into
> Operators to allow non-admin users manage web site configurations.
>
> - Open IIS manager
> - Highligh website -> go to properties -> go to operators tab
> - add that user into Operator list
> - Then that user can manager website by using its own security Context
>
> But on Windows 2000 Pro box, you will not find the operators tab. This is a
> by design behavior. IIS5 on Win 2000 Pro and IIS 5.1 on Win XP are designed
> for Personal use in developing and testing purpose. It didn't embed the
> feature to allow regular user to control website.
>
> So I'd like to suggest you change to a server OS if you want to build a
> shared development workstation. However in any cases, creating new web
> sites is not allowed for non-admin users.
>
> Please let us know if you have further question. Thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> WenJun Zhang
>
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>
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> Hi friends,
>
> "IIS5 on Win 2000 Pro and IIS 5.1 on Win XP are designed for Personal use in
> developing and testing purpose."
>
> But this is the case! The machines are for Personal use in developing and
> testing purpose! The problem here is that each "developers" machine, for
> security reasons, are created with non-admin profile.
> But with non-admin profile they cant use the IIS 5 for creating virtual
> directories, etc. This is only for testing purpose in his personal developer
> machine.
> Today, they don't see in the IIS the folders "FTP, Website...".
>
> We can give permissions in the registry ... but where?
> We have given full control in some registry keys but with no success.
>
> I don't know if any new Windows 2000 Microsoft fix have chance anything
> because we have already created developers machines (IIS5 on Win 2000 Pro)
> for non-admin and give full control in the registry keys to IIS and works
> just fine. When we want that some "software" installed in that machine
> (non-admin profile) works like admin profile, we give full access in the
> registry ketys!! This approach works just fine... but now did not work for IIS...
>
> Why don't work today?!!??
>
> Best regards,
> Ricardo Figueira
>
>
> ""WenJun Zhang[msft]"" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > If you are using Windows 2000 Server, you can add the regular user into
> > Operators to allow non-admin users manage web site configurations.
> >
> > - Open IIS manager
> > - Highligh website -> go to properties -> go to operators tab
> > - add that user into Operator list
> > - Then that user can manager website by using its own security Context
> >
> > But on Windows 2000 Pro box, you will not find the operators tab. This is a
> > by design behavior. IIS5 on Win 2000 Pro and IIS 5.1 on Win XP are designed
> > for Personal use in developing and testing purpose. It didn't embed the
> > feature to allow regular user to control website.
> >
> > So I'd like to suggest you change to a server OS if you want to build a
> > shared development workstation. However in any cases, creating new web
> > sites is not allowed for non-admin users.
> >
> > Please let us know if you have further question. Thanks.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > WenJun Zhang
> >
> > Microsoft Online Community Support
> >
> > ==================================================
> >
> > Get notification to my posts through email? Please refer to:
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/managednewsgroups/default.aspx#notif
> > ications.
> >
> > Note: The MSDN Managed Newsgroup support offering is for non-urgent issues
> > where an initial response from the community or a Microsoft Support
> > Engineer within 1 business day is acceptable. Please note that each follow
> > up response may take approximately 2 business days as the support
> > professional working with you may need further investigation to reach the
> > most efficient resolution. The offering is not appropriate for situations
> > that require urgent, real-time or phone-based interactions or complex
> > project analysis and dump analysis issues. Issues of this nature are best
> > handled working with a dedicated Microsoft Support Engineer by contacting
> > Microsoft Customer Support Services (CSS) at:
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/support/default.aspx.
> >
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> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >
> >