Aspnet_regiis

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I don't know if this is the right forum for me to post my question but I just
hope somebody answers my question.

Is there any way that I can retrieve the password of the aspnet account. I
know that the password is machine generated but is there any method to
retrieve the password?

Can I change the password manually in the machine.config file? If so what
can be the implications of this? One thing for sure is that I know manually
changing the password will not synchronize the password with the IIS metabase
but can aspnet_regiis with the i switch be used to do this synchronisation?

Or for that matter does aspnet_regiis -i utility change the password for the
aspnet account and synchronize it with the metabase?

Too many questions!!!! but just hope somebody have answers for it...
 
I am not sure why you are asking (ie, what you are trying to do), so I can
only respond generically.

You can set the account aspnet runs under in machine.config. You can change
the ASPNET pwd in user manager, but this could have consequences that
aspnet_regiis does not necessarily fix with the /i flag. In other words, be
careful.

The IUSR account can be changed in the Internet Services Manager. There are
potential security consequences to changing either of these, so make sure
that your solution requires this.

Examine the why you are doing something, not the what and you may find that
there is another solution that is more applicable.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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