{"id":26,"date":"2013-05-22T15:09:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T15:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrockwell.com\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:57:33","slug":"change-a-website-to-use-a-specific-user-in-app-pool-impersonatefalse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrockwell.com\/blog\/change-a-website-to-use-a-specific-user-in-app-pool-impersonatefalse\/","title":{"rendered":"Change a website to use a specific user in app pool (impersonate:false)"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to script moving a website username\/password from web.config to an app pool is pretty easy if you have the correct syntax.<\/p>\n

First, you need to use a tool called appcmd. that is located and must be ran from the following location:<\/p>\n

c:\\windows\\system32\\inetsrv<\/p>\n

Before you make the change, this process updates the applicationHost.config file AND the web.config in the website directory so ALWAYS make a backup.<\/p>\n

Simply copy the file called applicationHost.config from\u00a0C:\\Windows\\System32\\inetsrv\\config so you have a backup.<\/p>\n

Also copy the web.config from the website you’re changing as well.<\/p>\n

Once your backups are done, open a CMD prompt and change directory to\u00a0c:\\windows\\system32\\inetsrv and run the following commands:<\/p>\n

appcmd set config “SITE_NAME_HERE” \/section:identity \/impersonate:false<\/p>\n

appcmd set config \/section:applicationPools \/[name=’SITE_NAME_HERE’].processModel.identityType:SpecificUser \/[name=’SITE_NAME_HERE’].processModel.userName:DOMAIN\\user_name \/[name=’SITE_NAME_HERE’].processModel.password:Password_Here<\/p>\n

it isn’t necessary to restart the app pool but it doesn’t hurt to do so.<\/p>\n

To verify:<\/p>\n

Test the site… Check the site logs… Check your security logs…<\/p>\n

All done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to script moving a website username\/password from web.config to an app pool is pretty easy if you have the correct syntax. First, you need to use a tool called appcmd. that is located and must be ran from the following location: c:\\windows\\system32\\inetsrv Before you make the change, this process updates the applicationHost.config file AND […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[12,9,13,10,11,14],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iis-7","category-scripting","tag-app-pool","tag-appcmd","tag-domain-user","tag-identity","tag-impersonate","tag-script"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t