Err Msg: Server Configuration Error: Parameter Md_Anonymous_User_Name (6020) Has an Invalid Value

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Personal Web Server version 4.0 for NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you try to use the Publishing wizard, the following error occurs:

Server Configuration Error:
parameter md_anonymous_user_name (6020) has an invalid value.

CAUSE

On the server, the IUSR_computername user account is either disabled, locked out, or does not exist.

-OR-

The Anonymous Access account does not have Automatic Password Synchronization enabled.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, use one of the following resolutions:

Verify that the Account Is Not Disabled/Locked Out and the Password Has Not Expired

1. Open the Windows NT User Manager (or User Manager for Domains).



2. Verify that the IUSR_computername user account exists.



3. Verify that the Password Never Expires option is selected.



4. Verify that the Account Disabled and Account Locked Out options are NOT selected.

The IUSR_computername User Account Does Not Exist

1. Use the User Manager to create the IUSR_computername user account.



2. Select the Password Never Expires check box.



3. Verify that the Account Disabled and Account Locked Out check boxes are NOT selected.



4. Follow the instructions in the Resolution 3: Use IUSR_computername for Anonymous Access & Synchronize Passwords section below to use this account.

Use IUSR_computername for Anonymous Access and Synchronize Passwords

1. Start the Internet Service Manager (ISM), which loads the Internet Information Server snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).



2. In the Scope pane, open Internet Information Server, and then select the computer name.



3. Right-click the Web site that generates the error, and then click Properties. Click the Directory Security tab.



4. Under Anonymous Access and Authentication Control, click the Edit button.



5. Select the Allow Anonymous Access option, and then click the Edit button.



6. Type the IUSR_computername user account name (or browse to it), and then select Enable Automatic Password Synchronization.



7. Click OK three times to return to the MMC.

Additional query words: pws ntop usermgr anonymous access

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Version : WINDOWS:; winnt:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb