AuthFlags

The AuthFlags property contains the settings for the Windows authentication schemes that are returned to clients as being available. This property contains the file access authentication flags, which are listed below in the Flags section.

Schema Attributes

Attribute Name	Value
ADSI/WMI Data Type	DWORD
ABO Data Type	DWORD_METADATA
Schema Default	AuthAnonymous
Internal Default	AuthAnonymous | AuthNTLM
Upper Bound	0
Lower Bound	Not specified
Internal ID	6000
Friendly ID	MD_AUTHORIZATION
Property Attributes	INHERIT
User Type	IIS_MD_UT_FILE

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path	IIS Admin Object Type
/LM/W3SVC	IIsWebService
/LM/W3SVC/n	IIsWebServer
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/file_name /LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name/file_name	IIsWebFile
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/physical_directory_name /LM/W3SVC/n/virtual_directory_name/physical_directory_name	IIsWebDirectory
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT /LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name	IIsWebVirtualDir
/LM/NNTPSVC	IIsNntpService
/LM/NNTPSVC/n	IIsNntpServer
/LM/SMTPSVC	IIsSmtpService
/LM/SMTPSVC/n	IIsSmtpServer

Flags

Flag Name	AuthAnonymous
Versions Applicable	[IIS 5.0][IIS 5.1][IIS 6.0]
Description	Specifies Anonymous authentication as one of the possible Windows authentication schemes returned to clients as being available.
Bitmask	1 (hex 0x00000001)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_AUTH_ANONYMOUS
Internal ID	6218

Flag Name	AuthBasic
Versions Applicable	[IIS 5.0][IIS 5.1][IIS 6.0]
Description	Specifies Basic authentication as one of the possible Windows authentication schemes returned to clients as being available.
Bitmask	2 (hex 0x00000002)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_AUTH_BASIC
Internal ID	6219

Flag Name	AuthMD5
Versions Applicable	[IIS 6.0]
Description	Specifies Digest authentication and Advanced Digest authentication as one of the possible Windows authentication schemes returned to clients as being available.
Bitmask	16 (hex 0x00000010)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_AUTH_MD5
Internal ID	6221

Flag Name	AuthNTLM
Versions Applicable	[IIS 5.0][IIS 5.1][IIS 6.0]
Description	Specifies Integrated Windows authentication (formerly known as Challenge/Response or NTLM authentication) as one of the possible Windows authentication schemes returned to clients as being available. Windows authentication schemes can be configured via the NTAuthenticationProviders property.
Bitmask	4 (hex 0x00000004)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_AUTH_NT
Internal ID	6220

Flag Name	AuthPassport
Versions Applicable	[IIS 6.0]
Description	A value of true indicates that Microsoft ? .NET Passport authentication is enabled. For more information, see .NET Passport Authentication in the Help that comes with IIS Manager.
Bitmask	64 (hex 0x00000040)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_AUTH_PASSPORT
Internal ID	6299

Requirements

Client: Requires Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

Server: Requires Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT Server 4.0.

Product: IIS

See Also