Re: Accidently deleted IUSR account on 2003 server.

From: Kristofer Gafvert (kgafvert_at_NEWSilopia.com)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 09:20:36 +0200

The registry and the metabase is not the same thing. You will loose
configuration settings if metabase is not backed up. 

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"anon" <anon@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> say if I just backup the registry, would that work?
>
>
>
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> "David Wang [Msft]" <someone@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%23W6A1yVPEHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Just creating an account with the same name is insufficient for your
> > situation.  It will not have the same exact SID of the previous user.
> >
> > You will either need to locate and modify IUSR ACLs everywhere on the
> system
> > to match the SID of your new IUSR account, or you can backup the
metabase
> > (make sure to use a password when doing this so that you can later
restore
> > it to the same system) and re-install IIS to have it re-ACL the IUSR
> > everywhere.
> >
> > -- 
> > //David
> > IIS
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > //
> > <nullbox@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:d27ccbb.0405181259.4660be22@posting.google.com...
> > Our service manager accidently deleted the active IUSR account on our
> > 2003 server machine (which is our webserver.) Is there any way to
> > regenerate this account automatically? Or should I just go ahead and
> > create an account called IUSR_MACHINENAME?
> >
> >
>
>

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