I am a newbie to WSS and would appreciate help. I have a single server
installation with working sites in the admin virtual server. I have also
extended a second virtual server and created a sites successfully there as
well.

I am utilizing Active Directory so I need to add users via the command-line.
This is where I am having trouble. I am wondering if I am not entering the
correct path syntax for the â??url parameter.

QUESTIONS:

1. What is the default path for the admin virtual server and other extended
virtual servers?

2. Do users all have to be created in Active Directory first or does the
command-line operation create and store user accounts at the root Virtual
Server level?

This is what I have tried:

Stsadm â??o adduser â??url http://server netbios name/Virtual Server Name
â??userlogin DOMAIN\Username â??useremail user@domain.com â??username â??joeuserâ??
-role reader

I am getting the following error message no matter what path I try for the
â??url path

â??The Web site that is referenced here is not in the configuration databaseâ??

Thanks - Jody

RE: adduser command-line errors by news

news
Fri Jan 14 17:31:03 CST 2005

Responses interspersed...

"Jody" wrote:

> I am a newbie to WSS and would appreciate help. I have a single server
> installation with working sites in the admin virtual server. I have also
> extended a second virtual server and created a sites successfully there as
> well.
>
> I am utilizing Active Directory so I need to add users via the command-line.

What makes you think that?

> This is where I am having trouble. I am wondering if I am not entering the
> correct path syntax for the â??url parameter.
>
> QUESTIONS:
>
> 1. What is the default path for the admin virtual server and other extended
> virtual servers?

Whatever IIS is filtering on. For example, if IIS is filtering traffic to a
WSS virtual server based on host headers, the -url switch has to specify one
of the hostnames listed in IIS.

So, open Administrative Tools, Internet Information Services Manager, expand
your computer, expand Web Sites, right-click your virtual server, choose
Properties, click the Web Site tab, then click Advanced. The host names
listed under Host Header value are the ones you can use. Otherwise, use the
IP address.

> 2. Do users all have to be created in Active Directory first or does the
> command-line operation create and store user accounts at the root Virtual
> Server level?

If you installed your site using the normal defaults, you should be able to
specify existing domain users in domain\username format.

If you specified Active Directory Account Creation Mode when you isntalled
WSS, and then you specify a username of johndoe, WSS will use the existing
johndoe account if one exists. Otherwise, it will create a johndoe account
within the OU you specified when you installed WSS.

> This is what I have tried:
>
> Stsadm â??o adduser â??url http://server netbios name/Virtual Server Name
> â??userlogin DOMAIN\Username â??useremail user@domain.com â??username â??joeuserâ??
> -role reader
>
> I am getting the following error message no matter what path I try for the
> â??url path
>
> â??The Web site that is referenced here is not in the configuration databaseâ??
>
> Thanks - Jody

Specify a hostname per above.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------




RE: adduser command-line errors by Jody

Jody
Tue Jan 18 13:05:03 CST 2005

Jim - Thanks for your help. Here are my results and more questions / issues.

I used the internal server IP address listed in IIS for my VS as you
suggested (great procedure â?? thanks!) and successfully created a user via the
command-line BUTâ?¦

If the user was not first created in AD then I would get the error:
â??User does not existâ??

I then created the user in AD then re-tried the exact command-line and
successfully created the user. BUTâ?¦

That user was a global user and existed in all virtual servers (VS). Going
into one Virtual server topâ??level website site administration, I deleted the
new user and it was removed it from all VS/Sites.

I must have the ability to create users that can only access certain sites &
sub-sites only. I canâ??t have users figuring out that they can access other
peopleâ??s sites that they have no business accessing using their login.

How do I accomplish this with one internal IP for all VSâ??s. Should I have a
separate public IP for each virtual server? If that is so I tried earlier to
use the Public NS1 IP but it would not create the user.

My logins are for MCE\Administrator or MCE\Reader etc. Can I control user
access if somehow I can figure out how to create different domains other than
MCE\ ?

I am now confused about AD account creation mode and users. The reference I
referred where I said I must add users via the command line was in the WSS
Admin guide â??Installation Considerations for Windows SharePoint Serviceâ?? page
2 of 6 Note.

I GREATLY appreciate your help and expert advice!
Jody

I am confused now about AD account reation mode
"Jim Buyens" wrote:

> Responses interspersed...
>
> "Jody" wrote:
>
> > I am a newbie to WSS and would appreciate help. I have a single server
> > installation with working sites in the admin virtual server. I have also
> > extended a second virtual server and created a sites successfully there as
> > well.
> >
> > I am utilizing Active Directory so I need to add users via the command-line.
>
> What makes you think that?
>
> > This is where I am having trouble. I am wondering if I am not entering the
> > correct path syntax for the â??url parameter.
> >
> > QUESTIONS:
> >
> > 1. What is the default path for the admin virtual server and other extended
> > virtual servers?
>
> Whatever IIS is filtering on. For example, if IIS is filtering traffic to a
> WSS virtual server based on host headers, the -url switch has to specify one
> of the hostnames listed in IIS.
>
> So, open Administrative Tools, Internet Information Services Manager, expand
> your computer, expand Web Sites, right-click your virtual server, choose
> Properties, click the Web Site tab, then click Advanced. The host names
> listed under Host Header value are the ones you can use. Otherwise, use the
> IP address.
>
> > 2. Do users all have to be created in Active Directory first or does the
> > command-line operation create and store user accounts at the root Virtual
> > Server level?
>
> If you installed your site using the normal defaults, you should be able to
> specify existing domain users in domain\username format.
>
> If you specified Active Directory Account Creation Mode when you isntalled
> WSS, and then you specify a username of johndoe, WSS will use the existing
> johndoe account if one exists. Otherwise, it will create a johndoe account
> within the OU you specified when you installed WSS.
>
> > This is what I have tried:
> >
> > Stsadm â??o adduser â??url http://server netbios name/Virtual Server Name
> > â??userlogin DOMAIN\Username â??useremail user@domain.com â??username â??joeuserâ??
> > -role reader
> >
> > I am getting the following error message no matter what path I try for the
> > â??url path
> >
> > â??The Web site that is referenced here is not in the configuration databaseâ??
> >
> > Thanks - Jody
>
> Specify a hostname per above.
>
> Jim Buyens
> Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> http://www.interlacken.com
> Author of:
> *----------------------------------------------------
> |\---------------------------------------------------
> || Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
> || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
> ||---------------------------------------------------
> || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
> || (All from Microsoft Press)
> |/---------------------------------------------------
> *----------------------------------------------------
>
>
>

RE: adduser command-line errors by news

news
Tue Jan 18 15:21:07 CST 2005

Responses interspersed...

"Jody" wrote:

> Jim - Thanks for your help. Here are my results and more questions / issues.
>
> I used the internal server IP address listed in IIS for my VS as you
> suggested (great procedure â?? thanks!) and successfully created a user via the
> command-line BUTâ?¦
>
> If the user was not first created in AD then I would get the error:
> â??User does not existâ??

In that case, you either failed to give the SharePoint server's application
pool account the necessary permissions to create the account, or the server
isn't running in Active Directory Account Creation mode.

To narrow this down, try:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823507
How to use Stsadm.exe to determine whether Windows SharePoint Services is in
Active Directory account creation mode

> I then created the user in AD then re-tried the exact command-line and
> successfully created the user. BUTâ?¦
>
> That user was a global user and existed in all virtual servers (VS). Going
> into one Virtual server topâ??level website site administration, I deleted the
> new user and it was removed it from all VS/Sites.

Well then, all your subsites must be inheriting permissions from the
top-level site.

For each subsite that you want to have different permissions, you have to go
into Site Settings, Site Administration, Manage Permission Inheritance, and
then select Use Unique Permissions and click OK.

Then, you click Manage Users, add the users you want, and delete the users
you don't want.

> I must have the ability to create users that can only access certain sites &
> sub-sites only.

It works the other way. You (or a designated site admin) get the ability to
configure each site so it only admits the people you want.

> I canâ??t have users figuring out that they can access other
> peopleâ??s sites that they have no business accessing using their login.

Then the owners of those other sites (or you, acting in their behalf) had
better keep their user lists up-to-date.

> How do I accomplish this with one internal IP for all VSâ??s. Should I have a
> separate public IP for each virtual server? If that is so I tried earlier to
> use the Public NS1 IP but it would not create the user.

No, don't set up a different IP address for each server. That's not
supported. Any time you hve two or more content servers on the same computer,
they should all be configured in IIS as (all unassigned).

> My logins are for MCE\Administrator or MCE\Reader etc. Can I control user
> access if somehow I can figure out how to create different domains other than
> MCE\ ?

Again, the trick is to configure each site to admit the appropriate users.
Site permissions are a property of the site, and not a property of the user
account.

I mean, if all readers user the same account, MCE\Reader, then all readers
are going to have the same permissions. If some readers need different
permissions than other, then each reader needs his or her own account.

> I am now confused about AD account creation mode and users. The reference I
> referred where I said I must add users via the command line was in the WSS
> Admin guide â??Installation Considerations for Windows SharePoint Serviceâ?? page
> 2 of 6 Note.
>
> I GREATLY appreciate your help and expert advice!
> Jody

That has to do with scalable hosting mode, which I don't believe you need to
worry about. It's unfortunate that the same article describes both Active
Directory Account Creation and Scalable Hosting Mode in parallel.

> I am confused now about AD account reation mode

It means that if you try to grant privileges to an account that doesn't
exist, WSS creates the account in a designated Active Directory OU. This
segregates such accounts from those that, say, internal users will use to
access resources throughout a doman.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------


> "Jim Buyens" wrote:
>
> > Responses interspersed...
> >
> > "Jody" wrote:
> >
> > > I am a newbie to WSS and would appreciate help. I have a single server
> > > installation with working sites in the admin virtual server. I have also
> > > extended a second virtual server and created a sites successfully there as
> > > well.
> > >
> > > I am utilizing Active Directory so I need to add users via the command-line.
> >
> > What makes you think that?
> >
> > > This is where I am having trouble. I am wondering if I am not entering the
> > > correct path syntax for the â??url parameter.
> > >
> > > QUESTIONS:
> > >
> > > 1. What is the default path for the admin virtual server and other extended
> > > virtual servers?
> >
> > Whatever IIS is filtering on. For example, if IIS is filtering traffic to a
> > WSS virtual server based on host headers, the -url switch has to specify one
> > of the hostnames listed in IIS.
> >
> > So, open Administrative Tools, Internet Information Services Manager, expand
> > your computer, expand Web Sites, right-click your virtual server, choose
> > Properties, click the Web Site tab, then click Advanced. The host names
> > listed under Host Header value are the ones you can use. Otherwise, use the
> > IP address.
> >
> > > 2. Do users all have to be created in Active Directory first or does the
> > > command-line operation create and store user accounts at the root Virtual
> > > Server level?
> >
> > If you installed your site using the normal defaults, you should be able to
> > specify existing domain users in domain\username format.
> >
> > If you specified Active Directory Account Creation Mode when you isntalled
> > WSS, and then you specify a username of johndoe, WSS will use the existing
> > johndoe account if one exists. Otherwise, it will create a johndoe account
> > within the OU you specified when you installed WSS.
> >
> > > This is what I have tried:
> > >
> > > Stsadm â??o adduser â??url http://server netbios name/Virtual Server Name
> > > â??userlogin DOMAIN\Username â??useremail user@domain.com â??username â??joeuserâ??
> > > -role reader
> > >
> > > I am getting the following error message no matter what path I try for the
> > > â??url path
> > >
> > > â??The Web site that is referenced here is not in the configuration databaseâ??
> > >
> > > Thanks - Jody
> >
> > Specify a hostname per above.
> >
> > Jim Buyens
> > Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> > http://www.interlacken.com
> > Author of:
> > *----------------------------------------------------
> > |\---------------------------------------------------
> > || Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
> > || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
> > ||---------------------------------------------------
> > || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> > || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> > || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
> > || (All from Microsoft Press)
> > |/---------------------------------------------------
> > *----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >

RE: adduser command-line errors by Jody

Jody
Mon Jan 24 09:21:04 CST 2005

Dear Jim - I understand in concept what you are talking about. However, I do
not have the option in any virtual server root Site Admininstration for
"Manage Permission Inheritance" I have looked through all the "manage"
options in case it was burried somewhere else, but no luck! Any suggestions?

Thanks- Jody

"Jim Buyens" wrote:

> Responses interspersed...
>
> "Jody" wrote:
>
> > Jim - Thanks for your help. Here are my results and more questions / issues.
> >
> > I used the internal server IP address listed in IIS for my VS as you
> > suggested (great procedure â?? thanks!) and successfully created a user via the
> > command-line BUTâ?¦
> >
> > If the user was not first created in AD then I would get the error:
> > â??User does not existâ??
>
> In that case, you either failed to give the SharePoint server's application
> pool account the necessary permissions to create the account, or the server
> isn't running in Active Directory Account Creation mode.
>
> To narrow this down, try:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823507
> How to use Stsadm.exe to determine whether Windows SharePoint Services is in
> Active Directory account creation mode
>
> > I then created the user in AD then re-tried the exact command-line and
> > successfully created the user. BUTâ?¦
> >
> > That user was a global user and existed in all virtual servers (VS). Going
> > into one Virtual server topâ??level website site administration, I deleted the
> > new user and it was removed it from all VS/Sites.
>
> Well then, all your subsites must be inheriting permissions from the
> top-level site.
>
> For each subsite that you want to have different permissions, you have to go
> into Site Settings, Site Administration, Manage Permission Inheritance, and
> then select Use Unique Permissions and click OK.
>
> Then, you click Manage Users, add the users you want, and delete the users
> you don't want.
>
> > I must have the ability to create users that can only access certain sites &
> > sub-sites only.
>
> It works the other way. You (or a designated site admin) get the ability to
> configure each site so it only admits the people you want.
>
> > I canâ??t have users figuring out that they can access other
> > peopleâ??s sites that they have no business accessing using their login.
>
> Then the owners of those other sites (or you, acting in their behalf) had
> better keep their user lists up-to-date.
>
> > How do I accomplish this with one internal IP for all VSâ??s. Should I have a
> > separate public IP for each virtual server? If that is so I tried earlier to
> > use the Public NS1 IP but it would not create the user.
>
> No, don't set up a different IP address for each server. That's not
> supported. Any time you hve two or more content servers on the same computer,
> they should all be configured in IIS as (all unassigned).
>
> > My logins are for MCE\Administrator or MCE\Reader etc. Can I control user
> > access if somehow I can figure out how to create different domains other than
> > MCE\ ?
>
> Again, the trick is to configure each site to admit the appropriate users.
> Site permissions are a property of the site, and not a property of the user
> account.
>
> I mean, if all readers user the same account, MCE\Reader, then all readers
> are going to have the same permissions. If some readers need different
> permissions than other, then each reader needs his or her own account.
>
> > I am now confused about AD account creation mode and users. The reference I
> > referred where I said I must add users via the command line was in the WSS
> > Admin guide â??Installation Considerations for Windows SharePoint Serviceâ?? page
> > 2 of 6 Note.
> >
> > I GREATLY appreciate your help and expert advice!
> > Jody
>
> That has to do with scalable hosting mode, which I don't believe you need to
> worry about. It's unfortunate that the same article describes both Active
> Directory Account Creation and Scalable Hosting Mode in parallel.
>
> > I am confused now about AD account reation mode
>
> It means that if you try to grant privileges to an account that doesn't
> exist, WSS creates the account in a designated Active Directory OU. This
> segregates such accounts from those that, say, internal users will use to
> access resources throughout a doman.
>
> Jim Buyens
> Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> http://www.interlacken.com
> Author of:
> *----------------------------------------------------
> |\---------------------------------------------------
> || Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
> || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
> ||---------------------------------------------------
> || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
> || (All from Microsoft Press)
> |/---------------------------------------------------
> *----------------------------------------------------
>
>
> > "Jim Buyens" wrote:
> >
> > > Responses interspersed...
> > >
> > > "Jody" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am a newbie to WSS and would appreciate help. I have a single server
> > > > installation with working sites in the admin virtual server. I have also
> > > > extended a second virtual server and created a sites successfully there as
> > > > well.
> > > >
> > > > I am utilizing Active Directory so I need to add users via the command-line.
> > >
> > > What makes you think that?
> > >
> > > > This is where I am having trouble. I am wondering if I am not entering the
> > > > correct path syntax for the â??url parameter.
> > > >
> > > > QUESTIONS:
> > > >
> > > > 1. What is the default path for the admin virtual server and other extended
> > > > virtual servers?
> > >
> > > Whatever IIS is filtering on. For example, if IIS is filtering traffic to a
> > > WSS virtual server based on host headers, the -url switch has to specify one
> > > of the hostnames listed in IIS.
> > >
> > > So, open Administrative Tools, Internet Information Services Manager, expand
> > > your computer, expand Web Sites, right-click your virtual server, choose
> > > Properties, click the Web Site tab, then click Advanced. The host names
> > > listed under Host Header value are the ones you can use. Otherwise, use the
> > > IP address.
> > >
> > > > 2. Do users all have to be created in Active Directory first or does the
> > > > command-line operation create and store user accounts at the root Virtual
> > > > Server level?
> > >
> > > If you installed your site using the normal defaults, you should be able to
> > > specify existing domain users in domain\username format.
> > >
> > > If you specified Active Directory Account Creation Mode when you isntalled
> > > WSS, and then you specify a username of johndoe, WSS will use the existing
> > > johndoe account if one exists. Otherwise, it will create a johndoe account
> > > within the OU you specified when you installed WSS.
> > >
> > > > This is what I have tried:
> > > >
> > > > Stsadm â??o adduser â??url http://server netbios name/Virtual Server Name
> > > > â??userlogin DOMAIN\Username â??useremail user@domain.com â??username â??joeuserâ??
> > > > -role reader
> > > >
> > > > I am getting the following error message no matter what path I try for the
> > > > â??url path
> > > >
> > > > â??The Web site that is referenced here is not in the configuration databaseâ??
> > > >
> > > > Thanks - Jody
> > >
> > > Specify a hostname per above.
> > >
> > > Jim Buyens
> > > Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> > > http://www.interlacken.com
> > > Author of:
> > > *----------------------------------------------------
> > > |\---------------------------------------------------
> > > || Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
> > > || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
> > > ||---------------------------------------------------
> > > || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> > > || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> > > || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
> > > || (All from Microsoft Press)
> > > |/---------------------------------------------------
> > > *----------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >

RE: adduser command-line errors by news

news
Mon Jan 24 14:56:33 CST 2005

This option appears on the Site Administration page of each subsite, So, if
you had sites:

http://wss.example.com/
http://wss.example.com/animals
http://wss.example.com/animals/birds
http://wss.example.com/animals/birds/waterfowl

and you wanted the whole /animals/birds tree to have unique permissions, you
would configure this on the Site Administration page that appears within the
/animals/birds site.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------

"Jody" wrote:

> Dear Jim - I understand in concept what you are talking about. However, I do
> not have the option in any virtual server root Site Admininstration for
> "Manage Permission Inheritance" I have looked through all the "manage"
> options in case it was burried somewhere else, but no luck! Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks- Jody
>
> "Jim Buyens" wrote:
>
> > Responses interspersed...
> >
> > "Jody" wrote:
> >
> > > Jim - Thanks for your help. Here are my results and more questions / issues.
> > >
> > > I used the internal server IP address listed in IIS for my VS as you
> > > suggested (great procedure â?? thanks!) and successfully created a user via the
> > > command-line BUTâ?¦
> > >
> > > If the user was not first created in AD then I would get the error:
> > > â??User does not existâ??
> >
> > In that case, you either failed to give the SharePoint server's application
> > pool account the necessary permissions to create the account, or the server
> > isn't running in Active Directory Account Creation mode.
> >
> > To narrow this down, try:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823507
> > How to use Stsadm.exe to determine whether Windows SharePoint Services is in
> > Active Directory account creation mode
> >
> > > I then created the user in AD then re-tried the exact command-line and
> > > successfully created the user. BUTâ?¦
> > >
> > > That user was a global user and existed in all virtual servers (VS). Going
> > > into one Virtual server topâ??level website site administration, I deleted the
> > > new user and it was removed it from all VS/Sites.
> >
> > Well then, all your subsites must be inheriting permissions from the
> > top-level site.
> >
> > For each subsite that you want to have different permissions, you have to go
> > into Site Settings, Site Administration, Manage Permission Inheritance, and
> > then select Use Unique Permissions and click OK.
> >
> > Then, you click Manage Users, add the users you want, and delete the users
> > you don't want.
> >
> > > I must have the ability to create users that can only access certain sites &
> > > sub-sites only.
> >
> > It works the other way. You (or a designated site admin) get the ability to
> > configure each site so it only admits the people you want.
> >
> > > I canâ??t have users figuring out that they can access other
> > > peopleâ??s sites that they have no business accessing using their login.
> >
> > Then the owners of those other sites (or you, acting in their behalf) had
> > better keep their user lists up-to-date.
> >
> > > How do I accomplish this with one internal IP for all VSâ??s. Should I have a
> > > separate public IP for each virtual server? If that is so I tried earlier to
> > > use the Public NS1 IP but it would not create the user.
> >
> > No, don't set up a different IP address for each server. That's not
> > supported. Any time you hve two or more content servers on the same computer,
> > they should all be configured in IIS as (all unassigned).
> >
> > > My logins are for MCE\Administrator or MCE\Reader etc. Can I control user
> > > access if somehow I can figure out how to create different domains other than
> > > MCE\ ?
> >
> > Again, the trick is to configure each site to admit the appropriate users.
> > Site permissions are a property of the site, and not a property of the user
> > account.
> >
> > I mean, if all readers user the same account, MCE\Reader, then all readers
> > are going to have the same permissions. If some readers need different
> > permissions than other, then each reader needs his or her own account.
> >
> > > I am now confused about AD account creation mode and users. The reference I
> > > referred where I said I must add users via the command line was in the WSS
> > > Admin guide â??Installation Considerations for Windows SharePoint Serviceâ?? page
> > > 2 of 6 Note.
> > >
> > > I GREATLY appreciate your help and expert advice!
> > > Jody
> >
> > That has to do with scalable hosting mode, which I don't believe you need to
> > worry about. It's unfortunate that the same article describes both Active
> > Directory Account Creation and Scalable Hosting Mode in parallel.
> >
> > > I am confused now about AD account reation mode
> >
> > It means that if you try to grant privileges to an account that doesn't
> > exist, WSS creates the account in a designated Active Directory OU. This
> > segregates such accounts from those that, say, internal users will use to
> > access resources throughout a doman.
> >
> > Jim Buyens
> > Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> > http://www.interlacken.com
> > Author of:
> > *----------------------------------------------------
> > |\---------------------------------------------------
> > || Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
> > || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
> > ||---------------------------------------------------
> > || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> > || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> > || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
> > || (All from Microsoft Press)
> > |/---------------------------------------------------
> > *----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > > "Jim Buyens" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Responses interspersed...
> > > >
> > > > "Jody" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am a newbie to WSS and would appreciate help. I have a single server
> > > > > installation with working sites in the admin virtual server. I have also
> > > > > extended a second virtual server and created a sites successfully there as
> > > > > well.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am utilizing Active Directory so I need to add users via the command-line.
> > > >
> > > > What makes you think that?
> > > >
> > > > > This is where I am having trouble. I am wondering if I am not entering the
> > > > > correct path syntax for the â??url parameter.
> > > > >
> > > > > QUESTIONS:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. What is the default path for the admin virtual server and other extended
> > > > > virtual servers?
> > > >
> > > > Whatever IIS is filtering on. For example, if IIS is filtering traffic to a
> > > > WSS virtual server based on host headers, the -url switch has to specify one
> > > > of the hostnames listed in IIS.
> > > >
> > > > So, open Administrative Tools, Internet Information Services Manager, expand
> > > > your computer, expand Web Sites, right-click your virtual server, choose
> > > > Properties, click the Web Site tab, then click Advanced. The host names
> > > > listed under Host Header value are the ones you can use. Otherwise, use the
> > > > IP address.
> > > >
> > > > > 2. Do users all have to be created in Active Directory first or does the
> > > > > command-line operation create and store user accounts at the root Virtual
> > > > > Server level?
> > > >
> > > > If you installed your site using the normal defaults, you should be able to
> > > > specify existing domain users in domain\username format.
> > > >
> > > > If you specified Active Directory Account Creation Mode when you isntalled
> > > > WSS, and then you specify a username of johndoe, WSS will use the existing
> > > > johndoe account if one exists. Otherwise, it will create a johndoe account
> > > > within the OU you specified when you installed WSS.
> > > >
> > > > > This is what I have tried:
> > > > >
> > > > > Stsadm â??o adduser â??url http://server netbios name/Virtual Server Name
> > > > > â??userlogin DOMAIN\Username â??useremail user@domain.com â??username â??joeuserâ??
> > > > > -role reader
> > > > >
> > > > > I am getting the following error message no matter what path I try for the
> > > > > â??url path
> > > > >
> > > > > â??The Web site that is referenced here is not in the configuration databaseâ??
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks - Jody
> > > >
> > > > Specify a hostname per above.
> > > >
> > > > Jim Buyens
> > > > Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> > > > http://www.interlacken.com
> > > > Author of:
> > > > *----------------------------------------------------
> > > > |\---------------------------------------------------
> > > > || Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
> > > > || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
> > > > ||---------------------------------------------------
> > > > || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> > > > || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> > > > || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
> > > > || (All from Microsoft Press)
> > > > |/---------------------------------------------------
> > > > *----------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >