IIS: WWW: WAS dependencies on Vista: Password encryption n..

I'm running Vista RC1, build 5728. The WWW service has a dependency to a
service called Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) - part of me wishes
it WASn't. If it makes any difference, my build was an upgrade from XP SP2.

Anyway, I'm trying to start the WWW and thus the WAS services. When I try to
start the WAS, I get an error. In the SYSTEM event log I'm getting the
message:
The Windows Process Activation Service encountered an error trying to read
configuration data for config section
'system.applicationHost/applicationPools' from file
'\\?\C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config', line number
'108'. The error message is: 'The 'password' attribute is invalid.

Line 108 of this file reads:
<processModel identityType="SpecificUser" userName="IWAM_machinennamehere"
password="[enc:IISWASOnlyRsaProvider:jAAAAAECAAADZgAAAKQAAAe5vz+PYWMojd2CZ4nsCfjy4au1YBSs7ZwIVU7nmDB18KjKS5+ctBP3dfzBLlB4H5QkZB3WzB47MyUFOpGcv/s9Y0RBb9C0GYGBb2LhHTTmDDsG+HOJzRzU8ExiPWksxItF71YeT7Hf74l0VkaIuKZB3ueAZBOt4T64YKY5n1ZNGHy9yTrMTZ7fhBaZEBnfzO7E8WWGTyrNzosoWBRBlijwT6PLb7rjkg==:enc]"
/>


I dumped out the IWAM password using the ADSUTIL.VBS script. I thought it
might have gotten out of synch during the upgrade so I made sure that the
local IWAM account had the password that dumped out. Tried to restart the
WAS. No joy.

Then I put the password in clear text in the line 108. WAS, and thus WWW,
now starts. Obvisouly I don't like to run this way.

Line 108 is a part of the configuration for the Default Application pool. Do
I somehow need to reload/rebuild the default application pool? If not, how
can I generate the IISWASOnlyRsaProvider hash from the clear text password?
Either the crytopgraphy is broken or the hash has gotten out of synch.

Thanks,

Chuck

You may be best to post this to the forum on www.iis.net as the Microsoft
Product team hang out there and not really here.

They will get you an answer.

Chris


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Chris Crowe [ IIS MVP - 1997 - 2006 ]
http://blog.crowe.co.nz


"Dr. Network" <charles.hawkins.DeleteThis@jenzabar.net> wrote in message
news:uQGa3n28GHA.4348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I'm running Vista RC1, build 5728. The WWW service has a dependency to a
> service called Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) - part of me
> wishes it WASn't. If it makes any difference, my build was an upgrade from
> XP SP2.
>
> Anyway, I'm trying to start the WWW and thus the WAS services. When I try
> to start the WAS, I get an error. In the SYSTEM event log I'm getting the
> message:
> The Windows Process Activation Service encountered an error trying to read
> configuration data for config section
> 'system.applicationHost/applicationPools' from file
> '\\?\C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config', line
> number '108'. The error message is: 'The 'password' attribute is invalid.
>
> Line 108 of this file reads:
> <processModel identityType="SpecificUser" userName="IWAM_machinennamehere"
> password="[enc:IISWASOnlyRsaProvider:jAAAAAECAAADZgAAAKQAAAe5vz+PYWMojd2CZ4nsCfjy4au1YBSs7ZwIVU7nmDB18KjKS5+ctBP3dfzBLlB4H5QkZB3WzB47MyUFOpGcv/s9Y0RBb9C0GYGBb2LhHTTmDDsG+HOJzRzU8ExiPWksxItF71YeT7Hf74l0VkaIuKZB3ueAZBOt4T64YKY5n1ZNGHy9yTrMTZ7fhBaZEBnfzO7E8WWGTyrNzosoWBRBlijwT6PLb7rjkg==:enc]"
> />
>
>
> I dumped out the IWAM password using the ADSUTIL.VBS script. I thought it
> might have gotten out of synch during the upgrade so I made sure that the
> local IWAM account had the password that dumped out. Tried to restart the
> WAS. No joy.
>
> Then I put the password in clear text in the line 108. WAS, and thus WWW,
> now starts. Obvisouly I don't like to run this way.
>
> Line 108 is a part of the configuration for the Default Application pool.
> Do I somehow need to reload/rebuild the default application pool? If not,
> how can I generate the IISWASOnlyRsaProvider hash from the clear text
> password? Either the crytopgraphy is broken or the hash has gotten out of
> synch.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck