Problem with IUSR account

2 Jun 2005 7:46 AM

Markus Weber (Megalith GmbH)

Hello,

The IUSR_xxx account is locked (as user enters wrong password too
often which can't be for this acount) from time to time so our website
is no more accessible. After unlocking the account everything works
again correctly. But how can I avoid the the account locks and why
does this happen?

Thanks in advance!

2 Jun 2005 3:29 PM

Tom Kaminski [MVP]

"Markus Weber (Megalith GmbH)" <m.we***@megalith-software.de> wrote in
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> Hello,
>
> The IUSR_xxx account is locked (as user enters wrong password too
> often which can't be for this acount) from time to time so our website
> is no more accessible. After unlocking the account everything works
> again correctly. But how can I avoid the the account locks and why
> does this happen?

That shouldn't happen. Why is a user using this account?

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3 Jun 2005 10:55 AM

Markus Weber (Megalith GmbH)

Thnaks for answer, as far as I can tell nobody uses this account.

I check the event log, before the messsage appears that IIS can't
logon with this user becasue account is locked, there are some entries
from IIS that username or password are not correct. So I think IIS
uses here wrong passwort himelf, but why?

Is it possible to find out if some one else uses the account?

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>> The IUSR_xxx account is locked (as user enters wrong password too
>> often which can't be for this acount) from time to time so our website
>> is no more accessible. After unlocking the account everything works
>> again correctly. But how can I avoid the the account locks and why
>> does this happen?
>
>That shouldn't happen. Why is a user using this account?
>
>--
>Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/iis/
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS
>
>

3 Jun 2005 1:02 PM

Tom Kaminski [MVP]

"Markus Weber (Megalith GmbH)" <m.we***@megalith-software.de> wrote in
message news:42a03632.10395562@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Thnaks for answer, as far as I can tell nobody uses this account.
>
> I check the event log, before the messsage appears that IIS can't
> logon with this user becasue account is locked, there are some entries
> from IIS that username or password are not correct. So I think IIS
> uses here wrong passwort himelf, but why?

Make sure IUSR has the same password in User Manager as it does in the IIS
MMC at the root level of the web site.

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Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/iis/
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS

6 Jun 2005 2:11 PM

Mike

> Make sure IUSR has the same password in User Manager as it does in the IIS
> MMC at the root level of the web site.

How do you do this? Is there a way to resync the iusr account passwords? Or
do I have to create a new password of my own?

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> IIS
>

13 Jun 2005 2:24 PM

Tom Kaminski [MVP]

"Mike" <ann***@tkd.net> wrote in message
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>
>> Make sure IUSR has the same password in User Manager as it does in the
>> IIS MMC at the root level of the web site.
>
> How do you do this? Is there a way to resync the iusr account passwords?
> Or do I have to create a new password of my own?

it would be easiest to just create a new password.