AppPoolIdentityType Metabase Property (IIS 6.0)
The AppPoolIdentityType property allows application pools to run as LocalSystem, LocalService, NetworkService, or a specific user account. For the possible values to use in setting this property, see the Bitmask Values table below.
| Attribute Name | Attribute Value |
XML Data Type | DWORD |
WMI Data Type | SINT32 |
ADSI Data Type | DWORD |
ABO Data Type | DWORD |
ABO Metabase Identifier | MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE |
Attributes | INHERIT |
Default Value | 2 |
MetaFlagsEx | CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED |
User Type | IIS_MD_UT_SERVER |
ID | 9021 |
Configurable Locations
You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.
| Metabase Path | IIS Admin Object Type |
/LM/W3SVC/AppPools/DefaultAppPool /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/DefaultAppPool/application_pool_name | IIsApplicationPool |
/LM/W3SVC/AppPools | IIsApplicationPools |
Bitmask Values
| Constant | Value | Description |
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_LOCALSYSTEM | 0x00000000 | The application pool runs as LocalSystem. |
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_LOCALSERVICE | 0x00000001 | The application pool runs as LocalService. |
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_NETWORKSERVICE | 0x00000002 | The application pool runs as NetworkService. |
MD_APPPOOL_IDENTITY_TYPE_SPECIFICUSER | 0x00000003 | The application pool runs as a specified user account. |
Remarks
MD_ACR_RESTRICTED_WRITE enables write access to the following properties:
Code Example
For general code examples, see Code Examples to Configure Metabase Properties.