DontLog Metabase Property

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

The DontLog property specifies whether client requests are written to the IIS log files. By default, logging is enabled by the LogType property on a service or server node. Set the DontLog property to TRUE on child directories or files to exempt them from logging.

ASP and ODBC errors do not get logged to the IIS log files.

Attribute Name Attribute Value

XML Data Type

Boolean

WMI Data Type

Boolean

ADSI Data Type

Boolean

ABO Data Type

Boolean

ABO Metabase Identifier

MD_DONT_LOG

Attributes

INHERIT

Default Value

false

MetaFlagsEx

CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED

User Type

IIS_MD_UT_FILE

ID

6023

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path IIS Admin Object Type

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name

IIsWebVirtualDir

/LM/W3SVC/n

IIsWebServer

/LM/MSFTPSVC/n

IIsFtpServer

/LM/W3SVC

IIsWebService

/LM/MSFTPSVC

IIsFtpService

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/file_name

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name/file_name

IIsWebFile

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/physical_directory_name

/LM/W3SVC/n/virtual_directory_name/physical_directory_name

IIsWebDirectory

/LM/MSFTPSVC/n/ROOT

/LM/MSFTPSVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name

IIsFtpVirtualDir

/LM/NNTPSVC

IIsNntpService

/LM/NNTPSVC/n

IIsNntpServer

/LM/NNTPSVC/n/ROOT

/LM/NNTPSVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name

IIsNntpVirtualDir

/LM/SMTPSVC

IIsSmtpService

/LM/SMTPSVC/n

IIsSmtpServer

/LM/SMTPSVC/n/ROOT

/LM/SMTPSVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name

IIsSmtpVirtualDir

Code Example

For general code examples, see Code Examples to Configure Metabase Properties.