Set up a Web server in the win 2003 environment

This article describes how to set up a WWW server for anonymous access in a Windows Server 2003 environment.

Installing Internet Information Services

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is a WEB service that is set up with Windows Server 2003.

To install IIS, add optional components, or remove optional components, follow these steps xx:

Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.

The Add or Remove Programs tool starts.

Click Add/Remove Windows components.

Displays the Windows Components wizard.

In the list of Windows components, click the Web application server.

Click More information, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS).

Click Details to view the list of IIS optional components.

Select the optional components you want to install. By default, the following components are selected:

Common Files

FrontPage 2002 Server Extentions

Internet Information Services Snap-in

Internet Information Services Manager

NNTP Service

SMTP Service

World Wide Web Services

Click World Wide Web Service, and then click Details to view a list of IIS optional subcomponents, such as the active Server Pages component and the remote Management (HTML) tool). Select the optional subcomponents that you want to install. By default, the following components are selected:

World Wide Web Services

Click OK until you return to the Windows Components wizard.

Click Next, and then complete the Windows Components wizard.

Configuring Anonymous Authentication

To configure anonymous authentication, use the following procedure, XX:

Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS).

Expand the * server name (where the server name is the name of the server), right-click the Web site, and then click Properties.

In the Web Site Properties dialog box, click the Directory Security tab.

Under Authentication and access control, click Edit.

Click the Enable anonymous Access check box to select it.

Note: The user account in the User name box is used only for anonymous access through the Windows Guest account.

By default, the server creates and uses the account IUSR_computername. The anonymous user account password is used only in Windows, and the anonymous user does not log on with the username and password.

Under Authenticated access, click the Integrated Windows authentication check box to select it.

Click OK two times.