How to determine the password for the IUSR and IWAM accounts that IIS creates

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How to determine the password for the IUSR and IWAM accounts that IIS creates
Document ID : 000-000974 Created: 3/31/2005 Last changed on: 3/31/2005
Applies to : IIS

The passwords for these accounts can be obtained from the server's metabase and can be retrieved by running the following script on the server with admin rights:

Dim IIsObject
Set IIsObject = GetObject ("IIS://localhost/w3svc")
WScript.Echo "According to the metabase, the anonymous credentials are:"
WScript.Echo " AnonymousUserName = " & IIsObject.Get("AnonymousUserName")
WScript.Echo " AnonymousUserPass = " & IIsObject.Get("AnonymousUserPass")
WScript.Echo " WAMUserName = " & IIsObject.Get("WAMUserName")
WScript.Echo " WAMUserPass = " & IIsObject.Get("WAMUserPass")
Set IIsObject = Nothing

Save the above script to a file named pwiis.vbs

Then open a command box prompt and run:
cscript.exe pwiis.vbs

IMPORTANT: The MS Windows installation creates a strong (14 char long) password for these accounts. Modifying the pw for these accounts has strong security implications. Research well the security implications when tampering with these accounts.

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