AnonymousUserName

The AnonymousUserName property specifies the name of the registered local user that is used to authenticate anonymous users. The server associates a user name and password with every server action.

AnonymousUserName must be in the format of Domain_name\ User_name.

Schema Attributes

Attribute Name	Value
ADSI/WMI Data Type	STRING
ABO Data Type	STRING_METADATA
Schema Default	null
Internal Default	Not specified.
Upper Bound	Not specified
Lower Bound	Not specified
Internal ID	6020
Friendly ID	MD_ANONYMOUS_USER_NAME
Property Attributes	INHERIT
User Type	IIS_MD_UT_FILE

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path	IIS Admin Object Type
/LM/W3SVC	IIsWebService
/LM/MSFTPSVC	IIsFtpService
/LM/W3SVC/n	IIsWebServer
/LM/MSFTPSVC/n	IIsFtpServer
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/file_name /LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name/file_name	IIsWebFile
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/physical_directory_name /LM/W3SVC/n/virtual_directory_name/physical_directory_name	IIsWebDirectory
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT /LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name	IIsWebVirtualDir
/LM/NNTPSVC	IIsNntpService
/LM/NNTPSVC/n	IIsNntpServer
/LM/SMTPSVC	IIsSmtpService
/LM/SMTPSVC/n	IIsSmtpServer

Flags

There are no flags for this property.

Requirements

Client: Requires Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

Server: Requires Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT Server 4.0.

Product: IIS

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