IUSR_ Account - Is It Built In To ASP For File Access

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Dan Sikorsky

Does ASP only use the IUSR_<IIS Machine Name> to gain access to files
located on a LAN, or can another user account name and password be setup?

To create a file on another computer on the LAN in ASP using the
FileSystemObject requires permissions on that other computer. Using a DSN
for a ODBC driver requires permissions to SELECT records from a database
file on another computer on the LAN. Must I use the IUSR_ account only?
 
R

Ray at

You can set what user is used on a per-directory basis in IIS. It's on the
directory security tab on the properties dialog for the site or the
[virtual] directory. See sites like www.iisfaq.com or groups like
m.p.inetserver.iis for more detailed information.

Ray at work
 
D

Dan Sikorsky

Supposed client software was distributed on a CD that sends files using FTP
and in that compiled code is the login id IUSR_machinename and password
that the FTP connection requires? In view of this, mustn't the IUSR_ account
be the login id?

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Thank you,

Dan Sikorsky MSCS, BSCE, BAB


Ray at said:
You can set what user is used on a per-directory basis in IIS. It's on the
directory security tab on the properties dialog for the site or the
[virtual] directory. See sites like www.iisfaq.com or groups like
m.p.inetserver.iis for more detailed information.

Ray at work

Dan Sikorsky said:
Does ASP only use the IUSR_<IIS Machine Name> to gain access to files
located on a LAN, or can another user account name and password be setup?

To create a file on another computer on the LAN in ASP using the
FileSystemObject requires permissions on that other computer. Using a DSN
for a ODBC driver requires permissions to SELECT records from a database
file on another computer on the LAN. Must I use the IUSR_ account only?
 
M

Mark Schupp

FTP doesn't have to use the IUSR password. You can set up a different user
account for FTP and give it the desired NTFS permissions to only the
directories where the files need to be uploaded. It would probably be best
if you set up a separate FTP site (or at least a separate directory) that
the client application could upload to.

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Mark Schupp
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Head of Development
Integrity eLearning
Online Learning Solutions Provider
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.ielearning.com
714.637.9480 x17


Dan Sikorsky said:
Supposed client software was distributed on a CD that sends files using FTP
and in that compiled code is the login id IUSR_machinename and password
that the FTP connection requires? In view of this, mustn't the IUSR_ account
be the login id?

--
Thank you,

Dan Sikorsky MSCS, BSCE, BAB


Ray at said:
You can set what user is used on a per-directory basis in IIS. It's on the
directory security tab on the properties dialog for the site or the
[virtual] directory. See sites like www.iisfaq.com or groups like
m.p.inetserver.iis for more detailed information.

Ray at work

Dan Sikorsky said:
Does ASP only use the IUSR_<IIS Machine Name> to gain access to files
located on a LAN, or can another user account name and password be setup?

To create a file on another computer on the LAN in ASP using the
FileSystemObject requires permissions on that other computer. Using a DSN
for a ODBC driver requires permissions to SELECT records from a database
file on another computer on the LAN. Must I use the IUSR_ account only?
 

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