AnonymousAuthenticationSection Class [IIS 7 and higher]

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07/13/2012

Configures Anonymous authentication.

Syntax

class AnonymousAuthenticationSection : ConfigurationSection

Methods

The following table lists the methods exposed by the AnonymousAuthenticationSection class.

Name	Description
GetAllowDefinition	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)
GetAllowLocation	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)
RevertToParent	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)
SetAllowDefinition	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)
SetAllowLocation	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)

Properties

The following table lists the properties exposed by the AnonymousAuthenticationSection class.

Name	Description
Enabled	A read/write boolean value. true if Anonymous authentication is enabled; otherwise, false. The default is true.
Location	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.) A key property.
LogonMethod	A read/write sint32 enumeration that specifies the method for logons. The possible values are listed later in the Remarks section.
Password	A read/write encrypted string value that contains a password.
Path	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.) A key property.
UserName	A read/write string value that contains a user name. The default is "IUSR".
SectionInformation	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)

Subclasses

This class contains no subclasses.

Remarks

The following table lists the possible values for the LogonMethod property. The default is 3 (ClearText).

Value	Keyword	Description
0	Interactive	This logon type is intended for users who will be interactively using the computer.
1	Batch	This logon type is intended for batch servers, where processes may be executing on behalf of a user without their direct intervention. Credentials are not cached for this logon type.
2	Network	This logon type is intended for high performance servers to authenticate plaintext passwords. Credentials are not cached for this logon type.
3	ClearText	This logon type preserves the name and password in the authentication package, which allows the server to make connections to other network servers while impersonating the client.

Example

The following example displays the AnonymousAuthenticationSection values for the default Web site.

' Connect to the WMI WebAdministration namespace.
Set oWebAdmin = _
    GetObject("winmgmts:root\WebAdministration")

' Get the Anonymous authentication section for the default
' Web site.
Set oSite = oWebAdmin.Get("Site.Name='Default Web Site'")
oSite.GetSection "AnonymousAuthenticationSection", oAnonAuth

' Display the path and location.
WScript.Echo "Anonymous Authentication Settings"
WScript.Echo "---------------------------------"
WScript.Echo "Path: " & oAnonAuth.Path
WScript.Echo "Location: " & oAnonAuth.Location
WScript.Echo 

' Display the Enabled, LogonMethod, UserName, and Password
' properties.
WScript.Echo "Enabled: " & _
    "[" & oAnonAuth.Enabled & "]"
WScript.Echo "LogonMethod: " &  _
    "[" & GetLogonMethodText(oAnonAuth.LogonMethod) & "]"
WScript.Echo "UserName: " & "[" & oAnonAuth.UserName & "]"
WScript.Echo "Password: " & "[" & oAnonAuth.Password & "]"

' Translate the LogonMethod enumeration values to text.
Function GetLogonMethodText(LogonMethodValue)

    Select Case LogonMethodValue
        Case 0
            GetLogonMethodText = "Interactive"
        Case 1
            GetLogonMethodText = "Batch"
        Case 2
            GetLogonMethodText = "Network"
        Case 3
            GetLogonMethodText = "ClearText"
        Case Else
            GetLogonMethodText = "Undefined value."
    End Select
End Function

Inheritance Hierarchy

ConfigurationSection

AnonymousAuthenticationSection

Requirements

Type	Description
Client	Requires IIS 7 on Windows Vista.
Server	Requires IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008.
Product	IIS 7
MOF file	WebAdministration.mof