Error Message: Command Applicable Only in Membership Authentication Mode

ID: Q245259

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Site Server version 3.0
Microsoft Site Server version 3.0, Commerce Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you use the pmadmin set authmethod /MetabasePath:"\\lm\w3svc\1\root" /Types:2 command, as documented in the Site Server 3.0 documentation, the following error message occurs:

Command Applicable only in Membership Authentication Mode

CAUSE

The documentation incorrectly uses back slashes (\). The correct syntax is to use forward slashes (/) and only a single slash to begin the path.

RESOLUTION

Replace all double back slashes with a single forward slash. Replace all single back slashes with a single forward slashes.

For example, change:


pmadmin set authmethod /MetabasePath:"\\lm\w3svc\1\root" /Types:2<BR/>

to:


pmadmin set authmethod /MetabasePath:"/lm/w3svc/1/root" /Types:2

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Site Server 3.0 documentation.

Additional query words: pmadmin authmethod SS3

Keywords :
Version : winnt:3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug