Re: impersonation

From: Brock Allen (ballen_at_NOSPAMdevelop.com)
Date: 04/28/05 

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:59:38 -0700

If you are running in IIS6, then by default your code is running as "Network
Service". You can change the security DACL on the target file to allow MACHINENAME$
access tot he file and it should work for you. The ASPNET account is only
used (again, by default) when you're running on an IIS5 or 5.1 box -- so
Windows 2000 or XP. If you really want your application in IIS6 to run as
ASPNET, you can change the identity in the IIS admin tool for the AppPool
that your app has been configured as. But every other app in the same AppPool
will also be affected. If you choose this approach, then you might want to
create a seperate AppPool specifically for your application.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

> IIS 6.0
>
> Our developer created a asp.net application. I keep getting an error
> on the website:
>
> Exception Details: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the
> path "D:\Websites\intradev\peoplefind_net\csv\20050428103335.csv" is
> denied.
>
> I have used filemon and found that it is trying to access that
> directory structure using nt authority\network service. I need it to
> use the local aspnet account. How can I force it to use the aspnet
> account?
>