Re: Updating web.config file with a dll from an asp.net web applicatio

From: Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor] (dbaier_at_pleasepleasenospamdevelop.com)
Date: 07/09/05

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    Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 02:52:06 -0700

    Hello spai,

    depends on the OS - IIS 5.x uses the ASPNET account by default. IIS6 uses
    Network Service by default.

    Be aware that evey time you change the web.config you application will get
    recycled - this may also result in unexpected behavior.

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

    > We have developed an asp.net web application which provides the user
    > with a form to allow them to update configuration settings in the
    > web.config file as well as other config files. The asp.net web page
    > calls a c# dll to update the config file.
    >
    > When we do this we get an access denied error. We can resolve this
    > error by allowing everyone to have full control on the config files.
    > We tried just allowing aspnet to have full control on the files and
    > still got the error. The only way we have been able to get this to
    > work was to set full control for everyone.
    >
    > If not aspnet what user do the c# dll's run as? What security
    > settings must be set on the config files to allow the dll's to update
    > the config files.
    >

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