Location of the Web anonymous user account password

Web Q: We want to grant the Web anonymous user account access to read information from other systems; However, we do not know the password for the account. How do you get the password?

Answer:iusr_< the computer name > account is the "Web anonymous user" account, which was created during the installation of IIS. The password is stored in the local SAM (stored in activedirectory for a 2000 domain controller) and is stored in the metabase. Because the password is stored in metabase, you can use a. vbs script to extract the passwords for both the IUSR and IWAM accounts by using the following methods:

Program code
Dimiisobject
Setiisobject=getobject ("Iis://localhost/w3svc")
WScript.Echo "Anonymoususername=" &iisobject.get ("AnonymousUserName") &vbcrlf&_
"Anonymoususerpass=" &iisobject.get ("AnonymousUserPass") &vbcrlf&vbcrlf&_
"Wamusername=" &iisobject.get ("WAMUserName") &vbcrlf&_
"Wamuserpass=" &iisobject.get ("WAMUserPass")
Setiisobject=nothing

Note: This script enables you to display the IUSR and IWAM account passwords that are set up for the Web service at the primary attribute level. If you have configured anonymous authentication to use another user account to access or to a directory, you must modify the script accordingly to reflect the updates you have made.