Why a .\appcmd didn't work

Hello,

I have an command:
\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:anonymousAuthentication
/username:"" --password

This command at the Windows Command Prompt is OK.
But in Windows PowerShell this command gives a error message:
(Cannot find SITE object eith identifier "section:".)

Who knows why this command didn't work in Windows PowerShell?

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I thank you in advance for a reaction.
Ger

Ger F. wrote: This is how PowerShell is interpreting your commands and passing them to
appcmd:

PS> ./echoargs appcmd set config -section:anonymousAuthentication /user
name:"" --password
Arg 0 is <appcmd>
Arg 1 is <set>
Arg 2 is <config>
Arg 3 is <-section:>
Arg 4 is <anonymousAuthentication>
Arg 5 is </username:>
Arg 6 is <--password>

Try this instead:
PSH> appcmd set config "-section:anonymousAuthentication" /username:""
--password

I'm not 100% how you should define that null for the username.

echoargs comes from PSCX (www.codeplex.com/powershellcx).

Marco


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Try this. I'm not sure if appcmd is .exe or .cmd... need to add the ext
&"\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe 'set' 'config'
'-section:anonymousAuthentication' '/username:""' '--password'"

You can use echoargs from PSCX to figure this out as well.


"Ger F." <GerF@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C793722A-AE5A-4076-8F47-170062674A92@xxxxxx

Hi Marco,
Your answer was OK, it works now correct now
Thanks a lot,
Ger
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"Marco Shaw" wrote:

Hello Brandon,
Thank you very much for your helpfull answer.
Sorry for the delay, but I was install a new Windows Server 2008 and that
takes a lot of time.
Best regards, Ger
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"Brandon Shell" wrote: