Realm

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Realm

The Realm property specifies the realm that IIS should use to authenticate a client that is attempting to access a resource secured with Digest authentication or Advanced Digest authentication.

Note:
For more information about the realm that is used in Digest authentication, see the following Request For Comments article: RFC2069 - An Extension to HTTP : Digest Access Authentication

Note:

For more information about the realm that is used in Digest authentication, see the following Request For Comments article:

RFC2069 - An Extension to HTTP : Digest Access Authentication

Schema Attributes

Attribute Name	Value
ADSI/WMI Data Type	STRING
ABO Data Type	STRING_METADATA
Schema Default	Not specified.
Internal Default	Not specified.
Upper Bound	Not specified
Lower Bound	Not specified
Internal ID	6001
Friendly ID	MD_REALM
Property Attributes	INHERIT
User Type	IIS_MD_UT_FILE

Configurable Locations

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

Metabase Path	IIS Admin Object Type
/LM/W3SVC	IIsWebService
/LM/MSFTPSVC	IIsFtpService
/LM/W3SVC/n	IIsWebServer
/LM/MSFTPSVC/n	IIsFtpServer
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/file_name /LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name/file_name	IIsWebFile
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/physical_directory_name /LM/W3SVC/n/virtual_directory_name/physical_directory_name	IIsWebDirectory
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT /LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name	IIsWebVirtualDir
/LM/SMTPSVC	IIsSmtpService
/LM/SMTPSVC/n	IIsSmtpServer

Flags

There are no flags for this property.

Requirements

Client: Requires Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

Server: Requires Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT Server 4.0.

Product: IIS

Reference

Comparison of IIS Administration Features

Other Resources

Using IIS Programmatic Administration