Can't make a domain user the "anonymous access" user

From: Jen Roth (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/28/04


Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:51:14 -0700

I have been trying to set up a website in IIS 6 so that a
domain user account is used for anonymous access, instead
of IUSR_SERVERNAME. (I am doing this because we have ASP
scripts that need to connect to a datasource as this domain
user.) Unfortunately, it doesn't work. I can set it up so
that a local account is used for anonymous access -- I
created a local "test" account just to make sure I was
setting all the permissions right, and it worked fine. But
if I use a domain account instead, I am prompted for a
username and password whenever I access a web page. I know
the domain account is valid and the password is right, and
the NTFS permissions allow this user access. If I log in
with this username/password when I am prompted, I can view
the page. But for some reason, IIS just doesn't seem to
recognize this domain user as the "anonymous access" user.
 Can anyone help?



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