Re: Problems with writing to a file on IIS 6.0


<sarika.koganti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ee0d52a7-0b0d-44c2-b243-afd667c065f1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I disabled the impersonation, then I got the 'not authorized to view
this page' error.

Then you need to give Network Service access to the pages/resources in question.

I had to check the integrated windows authentication
for the application to start.

No - that should make no difference. Do not set an authentication mode in web.config, and do not enable impersonation.


Is there any disadvantage of using the windows authentication over
anonymous access?

They are completely different. Windows Authentication means that the end user must supply Windows credentials to *authenticate*. Anonymous access means that a preconfigured user account is used.

Impersonation is something completely different to authentication.

Cheers
Ken



Ken Schaefer wrote:
No,

I am saying disable Impersonation in your web.config, and then ASP.NET pages
will use Network Service (or whatever your web app pool identity is)

Cheers
Ken

<sarika.koganti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:719b0274-55cf-4529-866a-a5ba67c57634@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Do you mean disable the anonymous access and use the integrated
> windows authentication instead?
> This method works fine, but only when the user logged on is a domain
> user account. If the user logs in as the local system admin, the
> application fails.
>
>
> Ken Schaefer wrote:
>> In that case, the configured IIS anonymous user is used.
>>
>> By why don't you just disable impersonation? Then IUSR_<machinename> >> is
>> not
>> used - instead Network Service is used.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ken
>>
>> <sarika.koganti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:b2ad6fcc-af8d-4e84-9f17-3be17efec782@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > The impersonation is set to true in the config file, what would
>> > ASP.NET run as in my case?
>> > And i also need to use the anonymous access to provide access >> > without
>> > any authentication.
>> >
>> >
>> > Ken Schaefer wrote:
>> >> If you are using an ASP.NET application without impersonation, then
>> >> your
>> >> ASP.NET code runs as Network Service (not the anonymous user >> >> account
>> >> in
>> >> IIS). There should be no need to make the Network Service account >> >> the
>> >> anonymous user account.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers
>> >> Ken
>> >>
>> >> <sarika.koganti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:243cf163-87fc-4c67-8a2e-51389f904b61@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >I have an ASP.Net application which accesses a web server hosted >> >> >on
>> >> > IIS. The web server creates a file in the application directory >> >> > and
>> >> > writes to it. My application needs to run on 2K, 2K3 and XP, i.e.
>> >> > IIS
>> >> > 5.0, 5.1 and 6.0.
>> >> > I cannot use 'Inegrated Windows Authentication' (on my client's
>> >> > request) so i have enabled the anonymous access. In 2K and XP
>> >> > systems,
>> >> > I gave the ASPNET user full control on the physical directory and
>> >> > made
>> >> > it the id for 'Anonymous Access' for that virtual directory. The
>> >> > application runs fine.
>> >> >
>> >> > But on a machine with IIS 6.0, I am facing problems. The user
>> >> > NETWORK
>> >> > SERVICE has full control on the physical directory, but what >> >> > should
>> >> > be
>> >> > the anonymous access user? The NETWORK SERVICE is not available >> >> > for
>> >> > anonymous access. Using the IUSR_ id for anonymous access did not
>> >> > help
>> >> > since it does not have the required permissions. How can I write >> >> > to
>> >> > file on IIS 6.0?
>> >> >
>> >> > Please let me know if there is any way of solving this preferably
>> >> > without creating a new user account.
>> >> >
>> >> >

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