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Table 13-2 Stsadm.exe Parameters (continued)
Parameter Definition
admapidname The administrative application pool ID.
admapidpwd The password that corresponds to the admapidlogin.
admapidtype The identity type to use for the administrative application pool.
For example, you can use an account you have created in the
directory (configurableid) or one of three predefined accounts
(NetworkService/LocalService/LocalSystem).
Note You can use any unused port between 1023 and 32767. The application
pool account must have database owner (DBO) rights to the SQL Server
computer to be able to create the configuration database. You should use a
dedicated domain account for this account rather than a user’s login account.
Also, you should use the same account for each application pool that hosts
the same content.
If you have used a domain account that does not already have database creation
rights in SQL Server, you can give the account this access in SQL Server Enterprise
Manager. This is a one-time only change. Once you have granted database creation
permissions to the account used by the Windows SharePoint Services administration
virtual server, this account can create any subsequent databases. You do not need
database creation rights to connect to a configuration database, which you will do
when you set up the front-end Web server for the extranet.
To grant database creation rights in SQL Server
1. On your SQL Server computer, click Start, point to Programs, point to
Microsoft SQL Server, and then click Enterprise Manager.
2. In Enterprise Manager, click the plus sign (+) next to Microsoft SQL Servers,
click the plus sign (+) next to SQL Server Group, and then click the plus sign (+)
next to your SQL Server.
3. Click the plus sign (+) next to Security, right-click Logins, and then click New
Login.
4. In the Name box, type the account in the form DOMAIN\name.
Note If Windows SharePoint Services is running under the NT Authority
\NetworkService account, the login ID should be “Domain\Machinename$”.