Re: Security issues with Win2003 and ASPNet app

From: Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor] (dbaier_at_pleasepleasenospamdevelop.com)
Date: 04/29/05


Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:00:43 -0700

Hello Joe,

and have you cleared "has to change password on first login" ??

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Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
http://www.leastprivilege.com

> Did you try logging in to the server with that domain account to be
> sure that you have the credentials right and it can log on locally?
>
> Joe K.
>
> "RichardF" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:73g271h1f1l3or2cvpofouc8odl04joh11@4ax.com...
>
>> The event log says that the identity of my app pool is invalid.
>>
>> I created a domain account on the domain server.
>>
>> On the SQL Server I gave that account the appropriate permissions.
>>
>> On the IIS Server I set the identity of the app pool to use that
>> account.
>>
>> What did I do wrong this time!!!
>>
>> RichardF
>>
>> (P.S. Thanks for the help so far - I am learning more that I thought
>> I wanted to!)
>>
>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:23:14 -0700, Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor]
>> <dbaier@pleasepleasenospamdevelop.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello RichardF,
>>>
>>> check the event log! that's most of the time a password typo.
>>>
>>> but the system log will give you more info.
>>>
>>> otherwise change the default apppool back to network service - and
>>> try
>>> adding
>>> a new migrating gradually your web apps to this new pool.
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------
>>> Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
>>> http://www.leastprivilege.com
>>>> Actually it appears I now get Service Unavailable whenever I try to
>>>> access IIS on that machine, even the default root website.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:10:53 -0500, RichardF <noone@nowhere.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> After installing my web service and web site, they had already
>>>>> been added to a default App Pool.
>>>>>
>>>>> I right clicked the app pool, went to the identity tab and changed
>>>>> it to use the domain user account I have created.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I added that domain user account to the IIS_WPG group.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I try to access the web site/service from IE on another
>>>>> machine I see my initial logon page but after entering a
>>>>> username/password IE displays a Service Unavailable message.
>>>>>
>>>>> Before I made the changes above, I would get an error indicating
>>>>> that SQL had denied me access.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did I miss something?
>>>>>
>>>>> RichardF
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:26:20 -0700, Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor]
>>>>> <dbaier@pleasepleasenospamdevelop.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello RichardF,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you can configure the identity of your web service using the
>>>>>> Application Pool feature of IIS6.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Add a new AppPool - give it an identity (local or domain) - and
>>>>>> add the web service application to the AppPool (WebApp
>>>>>> properties)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Add the account to IIS_WPG and give it access to
>>>>>> \windows\microsoft.net\framework\v\temporary asp.net files\ and
>>>>>> \windows\temp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>>>> Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
>>>>>> http://www.leastprivilege.com
>>>>>>> I have an ASP.NET Web Service and Web Site. It accesses a SQL
>>>>>>> database for its data and retrieves images from another server.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are 4 servers all running Win 2003 as follows...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1 - Domain Controller
>>>>>>> 2 - SQL Server
>>>>>>> 3 - IIS Server (runs Web Service and Web Site)
>>>>>>> 4 - File Server (stores all the image files)
>>>>>>> I am having lots of issues with permissions because my Web
>>>>>>> Service
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> running as a user under a LOCAL group IIS_WPG on the IIS Server
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> don't know how to give it the necessary permissions to access
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> SQL
>>>>>>> Server and the Images on different machines.
>>>>>>> I think what I need to do is create a Domain Account, give it
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> appropriate permissions and then somehow get my Web Service to
>>>>>>> run
>>>>>>> using that user account. I did try this using 'impersonate' but
>>>>>>> then it appeared i didn't have permission to tun ASP.NET stuff!
>>>>>>> Can anyone give me tips on how to accomplish this, or point me
>>>>>>> to a resource that explains how I can accomplish this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for any help
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RichardF
>>>>>>>



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