Hello,

I have a windows 2003 web edition dedicated server with IIS 6.0.

My application programs on my home (local) computer work just fine using ASP.NET Development Server. My application programs can create, write, and modify files with out generating any errors.

My application programs on my server can NOT create, write, or modify files.

Can anybody show me step by step what I need to modify on my server. I can connect to my server using remote desktop.

 Thanks!

Steve

The server security must be different, you need to change the user running IIS or the security of the folder for the user running IIS to be able to write/read.

Can you please explain in detail.

 Thanks

Steve

Steve Mracek:

Can you please explain in detail.

Not really.  We have no idea what your system is set for, what specific errors you're having, what accounts you're running under or what your application is trying to do.  For help with setting IIS permissions, see www.iis.net.  For help with setting Windows NTFS permissions, check your favorite Windows administration resource.  Make sure you understand what account your application is operating under in IIS (the ASP.NET process account, normally NETWORK SERVICE) versus the account in the development server (the logged in user, often a local administrator).  Make sure your permission changes don't expose you to security risks beyond your needs.  A guess would be you need to allow the NETWORK SERVICE account MODIFY access to the files/folders you're having problems with.  Those are NTFS permissions.  If you are not the server administrator, check with whomever is for help.

Jeff

Well put it, security in a server you own is always a pain, something is easier to go with a hosting company for that. Otheriwse is important to check the IIS and the file structure for security. I know the pain that Windows 2003 introduced.

To create, write, or modify files  on server you need to be an Administrator user to change file permissions.

1. Start Windows Explorer (not the IIS Manager) and find the   YourWebApplicationVirtualDirectory   directory that you are using. If you are using a virtual directory, then you will typically use the YourWebApplicationVirtualDirectory   installation directory, eg: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\YourWebApplicationVirtualDirectory\
   If you have copied your site to your server web folder, then you will typically be using a directory like this: \inetpub\wwwroot\YourWebApplicationVirtualDirectory\
2. Go up a directory level and right-click on YourWebApplicationVirtualDirectory   and click on Properties. Select the Security tab - which should look like this in Windows Server 2003:

    

   
3. You now need to add a new set of permissions for two user names: ASPNET and IIS_WPG. Click on Add... in the Security tab and enter ASPNET in the following box, then press OK. Then press Add... again to add IIS_WPG.

    

   
4. Still in the Security tab, select ASPNET and IIS_WPG in turn and check the "Write" permission box in the "Allow" column:

how about the setting of the user permission? Have you enabled the read and write permission for the IIS_WPG user?

Is there any way to do this programatically using a custom action from a Web Setup project?

bfr:

Is there any way to do this programatically using a custom action from a Web Setup project?

Probably want to start a new thread on this in the Web Setup Project forum, under Visual Studio here.

Jeff