add Element for credentials for authentication [IIS Settings Schema]
Note
For more information about the add element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Adding Management Authentication Credentials <add>.
Adds an IIS Manager user account to the collection of IIS Manager users. IIS Manager users can use IIS Manager to connect to sites and applications for which they are authorized by a server administrator.
Syntax
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
|---|---|
name |
Required string attribute. Specifies the user name of the IIS Manager user account. |
password |
Required string attribute. Specifies the SHA256 hash of the user's password for the IIS Manager user account. This attribute is case sensitive. If you configure an IIS Manager user account by using IIS Manager, the password hash is computed automatically. If you want to calculate the hash of a password programmatically, you can use the System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256 ComputeHash method. For more information, see SHA256 Class on MSDN. |
enabled |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether the IIS Manager user is enabled (true) or disabled (false). When true, the IIS Manager user can use IIS Manager to connect to all sites and applications for which they have authorized by a server administrator on the Web server. The default value is true. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
configuration |
Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by IIS 7. |
system.webServer |
Specifies the top-level section group (in Administration.config) in which this element is defined. |
management |
Configures a Web server for remote management by using IIS Manager. |
authentication |
Configures authentication settings for remote management of the Web server. |
credentials |
Configures credentials for IIS Manager user accounts. |
Remarks
For more information about the add element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Adding Management Authentication Credentials <add>.
Element Information
Configuration locations |
Root Administration.config |
Requirements |
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.0 |