RE: Cant write to a file

From: ranganh (ranganh_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 06:28:09 -0800

Hi Damian,

If you are running Windows 2003, you need to give IIS_WPG Group rights on
that folder. That is the account under which the application runs in Windows
2003 IIS 6.0

Write back if it doesnt help.

Thanks.

"Damian" wrote:

> Hi
>
> The following code is what I use to open the file
> Dim sw As StreamWriter =
> File.AppendText("C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\IView\log\errWebLog.txt")
>
> These are the following permissons I have set:
>
> The ASPNET account set to anonymous login.
> The ASPNET account has read/write permissions on the folder
> THe folder's properties in IIS has read/write set .
>
> I get the following error message when i try and open and write to a
> file in a directory under IIS :
>
> System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path
> "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\IView\log\errWebLog.txt" is denied. at
> System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String str) at
> System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess
> access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync, String
> msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String
> path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32
> bufferSize) at System.IO.StreamWriter.CreateFile(String path, Boolean
> append) at System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append,
> Encoding encoding, Int32 bufferSize) at
> System.IO.StreamWriter..ctor(String path, Boolean append) at
> System.IO.File.AppendText(String path) at
> IView.quotethanks.WriteError(String errStr) in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\IView\quotethanks.aspx.vb:line 176
>
> Any help will be appreciated
>
> Thanks
>

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