Logon Modes in Internet Information Server

Registry value entries for the WWW service are located in the following Registry path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System
\CurrentControlSet
\Services
\W3SVC
\Parameters

That value entry that controls logon is LogonMethod:

LogonMethod REG_DWORD 0 | 1 | 2

Table 1.2 explains what the numerical values for LogonMethod represent. (For more information on how logon modes work with authentication and user accounts in the IIS services, see Table 1.3, "Services, Authentication, Logon Mode, and Accounts," later in this section.)

Table 1.2 Logon Mode Registry Values

Value

Logon Mode

Definition

0 (default)

Log on Locally

A local user: logon password required.

1

Log on as Batch

Similar to local, except the user is logged off after a process or thread completes.

2

Log on as Network

Remote, network, user: accepts cryptographic verification.


Registry value entries for the FTP service are located in the following Registry path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System
\CurrentControlSet
\Services
\MSFTPSVC
\Parameters

Registry value entries for the Gopher service are located in the following Registry path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System
\CurrentControlSet
\Services
\GOPHERSVC
\Parameters