OWA + 440 login timeout error

You shouldn't have renamed the IUSR account... it's hard set in too many places.  Name it back to what it was and you'll fix your problem.

If you want people to be able to anonymously upload files to your server you should understand that would allow root kits and trojans to be uploaded as well.  Root Kits are used by people who want to steal your computing power/storage/bandwidth, and trojans are often used by spammers to use your server as a relay.  Both are highly insecure and bad for you as well as the rest of us.

The better way to handle file uploads would be to use SharePoint, which can be set to filter specific types of files and would be more secure than a completely open ftp:  https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B51DCB25-0C63-4561-B981-9A3C860B9F15&displaylang=en

Jeff
TechSoEasy

Jeff,

Firstly, thanks for the comments.

I have renamed the account back to its original name without any success.

FYI, the article I followed for the dropbox is... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Creating-FTP-Drop-Site.html

Obviously this article doesnt tell you to rename the IUSR account, that was my own stupidity. But if you see the process which you go through to set it up maybe it could shed some light on the current problem?

As the urgency of this problem is escallating so are the points!

Ok, got this one resolved. The reason why when I changed back to the old (original) IUSR account name that it didnt resolve the issue is that the password was out of sync between AD & IIS.

For anyone who has this problem here are the steps required to resolve it.

1)  Open AD Users & Computers.  Expand the Users OU, right-click on the IUSR_<servername> account and select 'Reset password'  Reset the password to anything you want (however, it can't be blank).

2)  Open this User Account's properties and verify that the account is not locked out.  Also, make sure that 'Password never expires' and 'User cannot change password' are selected.

3)  Repeat steps 1 & 2 for the IWAM_<servername> account.  Close AD Users & Computers.

4)  Open Internet Information Services  (Start | Administrative Tools)

5)  Expand <servername> | Web Sites

6)  Right-click on 'Default Web Site' and select Properties.

7)  Go to the 'Directory Security' tab and click the Edit button under 'Authentication & Access Control'

8)  Enter the new password for the IUSR_<servername> account and click OK.

9)  Enter the password again to confirm and click OK.

10) Click OK.

11)  Open a command prompt and enter:  iisreset

12)  At the command prompt, enter the following commands:
       
       cd c:\inetpub\adminscripts
       
       adsutil SET w3svc/WAMUserPass <password>    (Where <password> = the password you entered for the    IWAM_<servername> account in AD Users & Computers)
       
       c:\windows\system32\cscript.exe "c:\inetpub\adminscripts\synciwam.vbs" -v
       
       iisreset

Once you have all of this done authentication should work no problems.




Thanks Jeff for you help. I don't yet want to close this question because of your comments on the ftp dropbox. Would you, if you dont mind look through the link I gave above to see if you still think that with the security applied the ftp dropbox is still a bad idea.

Your help/comments would be very much appreciated.

Regards

Adam

ok Jeff. As ever your info is MUCH appreciated.

Points awarded for positive, useful information.

Regards

Adam

I applied the accepted solution in my scenario, but it did not work. However this article did http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917686