Re: Access to non-virtual-directory UNC paths from IIS 6.0

From: Tom Kaminski [MVP] ((A_at_T))
Date: 07/27/04

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    "Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]" <i.get@enough.spam> wrote in message
    news:ei$1VA$cEHA.2352@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
    > [Please let me know if there is a better group in which to post this
    > question.]
    >
    > Background:
    > We have an ASP.NET Web app in my company which compares two data sources
    and
    > reports the differences between them. This app can handle different types
    of
    > data, both DBMS- and file-based. For file-based comparisons, we want the
    > user to be able to point to any share on the network to find the file.
    Given
    > this desire, we can't set up virtual directories to every possible share
    on
    > our network, so we need the code to be able to access the file through
    pure
    > UNC references.
    >
    > Here's more detail:
    > - The Web server is running IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 Server (duh).
    > - The Web server is part of our internal domain (not our Web farm), let's
    > call it MYCOMPANY.
    > - The WWW service (and IISAdmin) is running under LocalSystem.
    > - This particular Web site is NOT allowing anonymous access; the only
    access
    > is Integrated Windows Authorization.
    > - The page that is having problems has two INPUT TYPE="file" text boxes
    > which the user uses to specify the files for comparison.
    > - The code behind the page attempts to open OledbConnections against the
    UNC
    > paths taken from the INPUT boxes.
    > - This is the error we're getting:
    > The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file
    > '\\BOB\BobsShare\SubFolder\AccessDB.mdb'. It is already opened exclusively
    > by another user, or you need permission to view its data.
    >
    > No one has it open exclusively, and permissions are set correctly both on
    > the share (\\BOB\BobsShare) and on the underlying folder structure.
    > Specifically, the Everyone group has Change access through the share and
    > Modify access through NTFS.

    Can you enable security auditing on the file path to see what account is
    being denied access? 

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