aspnet user

J

Justin

Hi All,

Can the ASPNET user be deleted on an end user's machine that will run .NET
applications?
I heard someone say it was only needed on the developers machine. Sounded
odd to me but I thought I'd ask.

Cheers
 
G

Guest

Hi Justin,

ASPNET user account is a least priviliged (meaning cannot do anything to
harm your computer unless you tell him to do) on the server, where the
ASP.NET runtime is hosted. It's created by the .NET installation. This
account is used to run the aspnet_wp working process.

This means, you will have to keep it on the server side only. Or
alternatively you can define another account to run this process. (which
seems to be a good practice especially if you are dealing with trusted
subdomains, since with every service pack, microsoft messes with this account
to reset its password for security reasons etc.) But, for a simple
installation, you can use this account, so you don't have to do anything. The
working process needs an account anyway, so either use this one or create
another one to run the process.

Hope this helps,

Ethem Azun
 
J

Justin

Thanks for your input. So in short you are saying unless you are running an
asp.net process there is absolutely no need for the ASPNET user, i.e., no
other .NET thread/process will run under its context.

p.s. I understand there is no security risk here, I'm just throwing it out
there as a hyperthetical.

Thanks
 
S

Scott Allen

You don't need the ASPNET account at all. In machine.config you can
configure the asp.net runtime to run under a different account. The
account needs the correct permissions set, but when properly
configured to use a different account you don't need the ASPNET
account at all.
 
G

Guest

Yes, only the server needs this.

Also as Scott says, you can use another account to run this process, but I
think you don't need this at the moment. There are several options if you
want to do this, but stick to the default ASPNET user if you don't really
need this.

Have a nice day,

Ethem
 

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