This is my first WSS install, so there definitely could be something setup incorrectly. However, when I create an "application" in SharePoint, it creates a new website. Each website has a new port assigned to it. //myshare1:10001, //myshare1:20001, etc...depending on the port you choose or it randomly selects. Each site has a directory mapped to something like this...C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\10001\. Maybe that's not a virtual directory, so my wording maybe incorrect. Then, under each website, you can add multiple site collections in SharePoint. So, I have 8 IIS websites that are setup by and used by SharePoint. But, they're still just websites.
So, is there a way to remove the uncpassword= line in the metabase.xml file and keep it gone?
I'm guessing that there's a "proper" way to clear that, and that's what I'm looking for. In IIS, if I'm in Properties for the website, the Directory Security tab, Authentication and access control Edit button, the Authentication window comes up. Enable anonymous access is NOT checked. The only item checked is, Integrated Windows Authentication. Shouldn't that mean that there's no UNCUsername or UNCPassword? Or, is the UNCPassword located somewhere else?