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Remote Administration of Previous Versions of Web Servers


Microsoft Corporation

Updated: September 8, 1998

Introduction

The authors of the Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 Resource Kit have produced this document on administering previous versions of IIS. This article is adapted from Chapter 7, "ISP Administration," of the Internet Information Server Resource Kit Non-MSDN Online link, published by Microsoft Press, 1998. The Resource Kit provides a wealth of information on IIS and related technology development. Since the publication of this book, we have received a great deal of useful feedback on our instructions for remote administration of downlevel servers. In response to this feedback, we've revised and expanded these instructions for you.

Please send comments and suggestions for improving the next version of the Resource Kit to rkinput@microsoft.com.

The remote administration feature of IIS enables you to change access privileges, create Web sites, read log files, check or change properties, and start, stop, or pause servers from any computer on the network that is running IIS version 4.0 and Windows NTŪ version 4.0.

With the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) you can perform all these administrative tasks with servers running previous versions of IIS. For example, if you have five Web servers running IIS version 3.0 and you initially upgrade one of them to IIS version 4.0, you can administer all servers from the computer with the IIS version 4.0 MMC.

To Administer Previous Versions of Web Servers

  1. Create a temporary folder.

    This folder acts as a staging area where you can rename the files you copy in Step 2, so that you don't overwrite existing files with the same name in your C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv directory.

  2. From the Windows NT version 4.0 CD, copy the following files into the temporary folder you have created:

    Filename Directory Location
    Fscfg.dll
    W3scfg.dll
    Gscfg.dll
    \I386\inetsrv\
    Fscfg.hlp
    W3scfg.hlp
    Gscfg.hlp
    \I386\inetsrv\help\

  3. Rename the files in the temporary folder. For example:

    Old Name New Name
    Fscfg.dll Fscfg3.dll
    W3scfg.dll W3scfg3.dll
    Gscfg.dll Gscfg3.dll
    Fscfg.hlp Fscfg3.hlp
    W3scfg.hlp W3scfg3.hlp
    Gscfg.hlp Gscfg3.hlp

    The Gopher dll (gscfg.dll) does not have to be renamed, but this has been done for consistency.

  4. Copy the renamed files into your C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv directory.

  5. Add the following registry values (with data type REG_SZ) to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InetMgr\Parameters\AddOnServices:

    WWW3 = C:\WINNT\System32\inetsrv\w3scfg3.dll::SUPCFG:C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv\w3scfg.dll
    FTP3 = C:\WINNT\System32\inetsrv\fscfg3.dll::SUPCFG:C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv\fscfg.dll
    GOPHER3 = C:\WINNT\System32\inetsrv\gscfg3.dll
    

    This step appends ::SUPCFG:newer dll to the existing DLL filename in the registry, indicating that the current files have been superseded.

    Warning    Editing the registry incorrectly can cause problems, including the failure of a Web site or FTP site. If you make mistakes, your Web site or FTP site's configuration could be damaged. You should edit registry entries only for settings that you cannot adjust in the user interface, and be very careful whenever you edit the registry directly.

  6. Connect to a server running IIS 3.0 from the MMC. To do this, open the MMC, select Internet Information Server, click Action, then click Connect. Enter the name of the Web server to which you want to connect.

At this point, you can see the Web server from MMC.

The Properties toolbar button in MMC is not available for downlevel sites. Instead, you must right-click the name of the site and select Properties. You can also select Properties on the Action menu.

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Figure 7.2 Viewing and running the services on a remote computer running Windows NT Server



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