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Script available to add MIME type and Documents?

Hi Experts,

Is there a way to add MIME Types and Documents to IIS6.0 without using Internet Information Services Manager (IISM)? Im thinking there may be a script available or command line systax that I'm not aware of?

IIS 6.0 Windows 2003 SP1

Virtual Directory | Properties | Documents | Enable / Add default page

Virtual Directory | Properties | HTTP Headers | MIME Types | New

Thanks you for your advice,

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Hi meverest,

I'll try this and give you feedback asap.

Thanks for your input.

Cheers, naexpert.
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Hi meverest,

I tried your script and it works for MIME types, brilliant, part of my original question was also about how to add documents?

Virtual Directory | Properties | Documents | Enable / Add default page

If you can provide me with this info, then you've cracked it!

Cheers, naexpert.
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I eventually found the syntax to add documents...

Adsutil.vbs set w3svc/defaultdoc "default.htm,default.html,default.asp,default.aspx,index.htm,index.html,index.
asp,index.aspx,temp.htm"

Thanks for your help.
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Hi,

you do it the same way for documents.

use the 'enum' command demonstrated above to see what the existing context objects are, then use 'set' to change them.

e.g:

C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts>cscript adsutil.vbs enum W3SVC/1/Root/
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.

KeyType                         : (STRING) "IIsWebVirtualDir"
AppRoot                         : (STRING) "/LM/W3SVC/1/Root"
.. etc ..

HttpExpires                     : (STRING) "D, 0"
DefaultDoc                      : (STRING) "Default.aspx,Default.htm,Default.asp,index.htm,iisstart.htm"
Path                            : (STRING) "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\"

.. etc ..

MimeMap                         : (MimeMapList) ".special,some/special" ".special2,some/special2"
DirBrowseFlags                  : (INTEGER) 3221225534
EnableDirBrowsing               : (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowDate               : (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowTime               : (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowSize               : (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowExtension          : (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowLongDate           : (BOOLEAN) True
EnableDefaultDoc                : (BOOLEAN) True
AuthFlags                       : (INTEGER) 7

.. etc ..

EnableDirBrowsing               : (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowDate               : (BOOLEAN) True
DirBrowseShowTime               : (BOOLEAN) True
[/W3SVC/1/Root/aspnet_client]
[/W3SVC/1/Root/cgi-bin]
[/W3SVC/1/Root/WWW]

see in the list these two lines:


DefaultDoc                      : (STRING) "Default.aspx,Default.htm,Default.asp,index.htm,iisstart.htm"

and:

EnableDefaultDoc                : (BOOLEAN) True

This tells us that the DefaultDoc key is a comma delimited list of document names, and the enable default doc is a boolean.

so to set the DefaultDoc, we do:

adsutil.vbs enum W3SVC/1/Root/DefaultDoc "mydoc.html,Default.aspx,Default.htm,Default.asp,index.htm"

and to enable:

adsutil.vbs enum W3SVC/1/Root/EnableDefaultDoc True

cheers!
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hey, you beat me to it! ;-)

I actually expected that you would work it out sooner or later - apparently 'sooner' ;-)

Cheers!
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Thank you for your brilliant help, excellent!

Cheers, naexpert.