How to Use Metainfo.asp

ID: Q221872

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SUMMARY

Metainfo.asp is an ASP script that retrieves data from the metabase. This can be useful in troubleshooting server configuration issues. Note that Metainfo.asp only works on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) versions 4.0 and later.

MORE INFORMATION

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file names below to download the files:

Metainfo.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center. Note: This file must be processed by Asp.dll, so it must be browsed as you would any file in a Web site.

Installing Metainfo.asp

Downloaded and run the following file:
Metainfo.exe

When you are prompted for the location to place the extracted files, provide a directory in your Web content area that is configured to allow ASP scripts to run. Metainfo.asp will be saved here.

After Metainfo.exe exits, in Windows NT Explorer, browse to the directory where you saved Metainfo.asp, and open the properties for Metainfo.asp. On the Security tab, click Permissions and grant yourself and the local administrators group full control.

Using Metainfo.asp

To use Metainfo.asp, you must have administrative access to the Web server.

Open your Web browser, and browse to http://<your_server_name>/<path>/Metainfo.asp. Trying to access this file through Windows Explorer (for example, as C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Metainfo.asp) will not work. It must be accessed through a URL.

After a few seconds, the server will return an HTML page that contains your configuration information. You can save this page from your browser for future reference.

The techniques used by Metainfo.asp are documented in the IIS 4.0 online product documentation under Microsoft Internet Information Server/Programmers Reference/IIS administration.

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q196074 How to Store the Authenticated User Name in a Session Variable

Q219271 How to Add the Immediate-If Function to an ASP Page

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbiis400
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto