I'm trying to set the Identity of the Application Pool to a specific account. When I'm entering the password for a user name it says
The specified password is invalid.Type a new password.
Is there any specific requirement for the password field?
I'm trying to set the Identity of the Application Pool to a specific account. When I'm entering the password for a user name it says
The specified password is invalid.Type a new password.
Is there any specific requirement for the password field?
Getting Error - The specified password is invalid.Type a new password.
Use the below command from the CMD and it will fix the issue-
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config /section:applicationPools /[name='APP_POOL_NAME'].processModel.identityType:SpecificUser /[name='APP_POOL_NAME'].processModel.userName:DOMAIN\USER_NAME /[name='APP_POOL_NAME'].processModel.password:PASSWORD
For me, it was that the domain user had to be a member of the IIS_IUSRS group. Added the user to the group via Computer Management -> Users and Groups, restarted the app pool and all was well.
For me it was in my haste to follow the instructions for creating a merge agent account for replication I had left "User must change password at next logon" ticked. Make sure that the user does't have this ticked.
If you are using a gMSA service account you have to enter domani\account$, meaning add a dollar sign at the end of your username.