Anonymous Account Is Improperly Detected on IIS 4.0

ID: Q190516

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to set Permissions on a FrontPage Web to "Everyone has browse access", the following error message may appear:

"Server error: To allow all users to have browse access to your web, the
account used for anonymous logons by your Microsoft Internet
Information Server must have the same password as in User Manager.
Please try again."

If you try this and fail three times in succession, the lockout policy on the IUSR account is activated, and the Web server is not accessible to anonymous users. Re-synchronizing the passwords has no effect.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because FrontPage checks for the Automatic Password Synchronization parameter in the Internet Information Server 4.0 MetaBase at the server level, rather than the Website level.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install the FrontPage 98 Server extensions, version 3.0.2.1706 or later.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows. This problem has been fixed with the FrontPage 98B Patch and the FrontPage Server Extensions, version 3.0.2.1706.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about fixes in the FrontPage 98B release, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q188890 FP98: Server Extension Fixes in FrontPage 98B Release

Additional query words: 98 Bug Fix synchronization

Keywords : fpiis fp98
Version : WINDOWS:98
Platform :
Issue type : kbbug