Guest Account Cannot be Used When Anonymous Access Is Disabled

• Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When a Web application on Internet Information Server (IIS) is configured to allow Basic authentication and at the same time has Anonymous access disabled, the built-in Guest user account cannot access the Web application. Also, if you rename the built-in Guest user account to another name, the new name cannot be used to access the Web application.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design. If you disable Anonymous access to the Web site, the SID of the default Guest user account is also refused access. Even if you rename the built-in Guest user account, the SID is the same.

WORKAROUND

If you want to use a user named Guest to access your Web site, follow these steps:

1. Rename the original Guest user account to another name (for example "OldGuest").



2. Create a new user named "Guest" using the Copy function of the User Manager on the "OldGuest" account.

REFERENCES

Q163846 SID Values For Default Windows NT Installations

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb