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  Chris Crowe's ADSI Scripts 

In this section you will find a lot of scripts that I have written while working with IIS. Some of the scripts are quick and simple samples to show how you can talk to different parts of the IIS Metabase while others are more full featured.

In IIS 6 the IIS metabase is now an XML file that you can edit in any text editor which means you can manually edit it or you can use ADSI and WMI to interface to the IIS Metabase.

Backup and Restore
How do I backup the Metabase using a script?
How to get a listing of all the Metabase backups that have been made?

Content Indexing
Enum if a web site folders are enabled/disabled for content indexing

Custom Headers
How to add an entry to the CustomHeaders?
How to view the CustomHeaders defined for a specific web site?

FTP
How can I get a simple listing of the FTP Sites on my Web Server
How do I add a new FTP site using ADSI?
How to find the default logon domain for an FTP site?
How to set the default logon domain for an FTP Site?
Is there a way to force the FTP filenames to appear in lowercase?
makeFTPDirsFromTextFile.vbs

IP Address
Changing the IP Address of a large number of Web Sites which are configured using Host Headers
How can I change the IP Address on a particular web site?
How can I export my list of IP And Domain name restrictions from a website?
How can I set 2000 IP address and domain name restrictions?
How do I add multiple IP Addreses to my Web Site?
How do I list all the web sites and the IP addresses associated with each web site?
I get a message "A duplicate name exists on the network" how do I find what site is the duplicate?
I have 100 IP Addresses and would like a script to tell me which IP address to use next.
I have about 50 websites on a NT 4 server that I need to change the IPaddress for each due to IP address changes.

ISAPI Filters
How do I add an ISAPI filter to my Web Site using a Script?
How do I know what custom ISAPI filters are defined on my Web Sites?
More details on ISAPI Extensions and Filters

Log Files
How can I delete all files from my IIS log file directory that are over 90 days old?
How can I find out all the log options that have been set?
How can I find out what files are in my IIS log directory for a particular web site?
How can I get a listing of all the log file directories and if they exist or not?
How can I set the Log File Directory?
How do I find all the available web site logging formats available?
I have a lot of log files on my system how can I archive them easily?
I see how to change, read, write browse in the directory tab, but I can't find anything about the 'Index this resource' box?
This script will export relevant IIS settings to a log file that you can import into MSAccess or MS Excel.

MIMEMAP
How can I add an entry to the MIMEMAP?
How can I delete an entry from the MIMEMAP?
How can I disable caching of specific file types?
How can I display the items in the MIMEMAP?

Misc Scripts
Do do I add or remove a Script Mapping?
How can I determine from within my script if IIS is version 4 or Version 5?
How can I determine if a web site or virtual directory points to a specific physical path?
How can I enable pass through authentification on IIS5?
How can I find all the properties available for an IIS ADSI object?
How can I set the application protection level - such as Low (InProcess), Medium (Pooled) or High (Out Of Process)?
How do I find all the invalid paths in my web server?
How do I read a web page from the server and then show it to the user?

Passwords and Authentication
How can I find out the password for the IUSR_Computername account?

Scripting DNS Zones and Resource Records
HowTo: Scripting DNS entries in Windows 2000

SMTP
How can I find the files in the SMTP service BADMAIL folder?
How can I find the files in the SMTP service PICKUP folder?
How can I find the files in the SMTP service QUEUE folder?
How to change the SMTP banner on Windows 2000
I am using the IIS Smtp service, how can I get a listing of undelivered messages?

User Accounts
How to Change the Display Names of Active Directory Users with Active Directory Services Interface Script
  This article describes how to change the display names of Active Directory users with Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) script.
  

Virtual Directories
How can I create a virtual directory and create an ASP application root at the same time?
How can I delete a virtual directory?
How can I view all virtual directory paths for a web site.

Web Sites
How can I create a web site with multiple host headers?
How can I delete a web site using ADSI?
How can I determine the number of sites I have such as Web and FTP on my server?
How can I display the Custom Errors defined for my Site?
How can I find a web site by Host Header name?
How can I get a listing of which sites are started or stopped?
How can I get a simple listing of the web sites and their home directories?
How can I get a simple listing of the web sites on my Web Server?
How can I retrieve/display the IIS Application name from a script?
How can I set my site so it can not be deleted in the MMC?
How can I set the application protection for a web site?
How can I view all the web site root directory paths?
How do I add a new default document to a Web Site?
How do I change the REALM what is displayed when in a Logon Dialog?
How do I create a web site, and an FTP site, and a EMAIL, and configure Front Page Server Extensions?
How do I enable document footers using a script?
How do I enumerate the physical and virtual folders on a particular IIS web site?
How do I find the next available Instance ID for a web site in the IIS Metabase?
How do I make sure that all web sites are running?
How do I start and stop one web site?
How do I unload an IIS Application?
HowTo: Create a virtual directory from an ASP page.
I manage more than 2000 sites with IIS, how can I tell which sites are running out of process?
This DLL enables you to install a website and a filter in IIS4 from InstallShield. The DLL uses ADSI and includes the C++ source

See Also
Chris Crowe's C# ADSI Scripts
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