AppPoolIdentityType Metabase Property

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

The AppPoolIdentityType property allows application pools to run as LocalSystem, LocalService, NetworkService, or a specific user account. For the possible values to use in setting this property, see the Bitmask Values table below.

Attribute Name	Attribute Value
XML Data Type	DWORD
WMI Data Type	SINT32
ADSI Data Type	DWORD
ABO Data Type	DWORD
ABO Metabase Identifier	MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE
Attributes	INHERIT
Default Value	2
MetaFlagsEx	CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED
User Type	IIS_MD_UT_SERVER
ID	9021

Configurable Locations

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

Metabase Path	IIS Admin Object Type
/LM/W3SVC/AppPools/DefaultAppPool /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/DefaultAppPool/application_pool_name	IIsApplicationPool
/LM/W3SVC/AppPools	IIsApplicationPools

Bitmask Values

Constant	Value	Description
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_LOCALSYSTEM	0x00000000	The application pool runs as LocalSystem.
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_LOCALSERVICE	0x00000001	The application pool runs as LocalService.
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_NETWORKSERVICE	0x00000002	The application pool runs as NetworkService.
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_SPECIFICUSER	0x00000003	The application pool runs as a specified user account.

Remarks

MD_ACR_RESTRICTED_WRITE enables write access to the following properties:

AdminACL Metabase Property	AppIsolated Metabase Property
Path Metabase Property	AccessFlags Metabase Property
AnonymousUserName Metabase Property	AnonymousUserPass Metabase Property
MaxBandwidth Metabase Property	MaxBandwidthBlocked Metabase Property
SecureBindings Metabase Property	ServerBindings Metabase Property

Code Example

For general code examples, see Code Examples to Configure Metabase Properties.