folder security

[Nikhil Patel]

Hi all,
My Asp.Net application gives System.UnauthorizedAccessViolation exception
when It tries to write a word document to a special folder I created for
storing word documents. It says ASPNET account does not have write access to
the folder. How can I give the ASPNET account the write access to this
folder?

Thanks.

 

[Curt_C [MVP]]

Right click on the folder, go to the security tab....

 

[Nikhil Patel]

Hi Curt,
Thanks for the reply. But I don't have security tab. I am using Windows
XP. I have General, Sharing, Web Sharing and Customize tabs.

 

[Martin Dechev]

Hi,

You can set the security of the folder in Windows Explorer. Right-click it,
choose "Properties" and go to the "Security" tab. Then add the ASPNET user
(or the user with which the worker process executes - see in Task Manager
the column User Name for the w3wp.exe or aspnet_wp.exe process depending on
the windows and framework version, or the impersonated user if you use
impersonation) and give it the appropriate rights for the folder.

Hope this helps
Martin

 

[Nicole Calinoiu]

Sounds like you've got simple file sharing enabled. To disable it, follow
the steps outlined in the following KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874.

HTH,
Nicole

 

[Nikhil Patel]

Hi Nicole,
After disabling simple file sharing I was able to give write access to
ASPNET. Thanks for your help.

-Nikhil