Re: Need help writing a file to the server.

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From: Daniel Fisher\(lennybacon\) (info_at_(removethis)lennybacon.com)
Date: 11/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:30:10 +0100

Did you set ACLs for ASPNET on "C:\Mypath"?
Did you tried Impersionation? 

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Daniel Fisher(lennybacon)
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"cur" <curt_h_@-NOSPAM-hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Ok, I need some help here. First of all, here's the offending bit of code:
>
>    Private Sub WriteToFile(ByVal strPath As String, ByRef buffer As 
> Byte())
>        Dim newFile As System.IO.FileStream = New 
> System.IO.FileStream(strPath, System.IO.FileMode.Create, 
> IO.FileAccess.Write)
>
>        newFile.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
>
>        newFile.Close()
>    End Sub
>
> I don't think it's the code, but there it is, just for reference.
>
> Second, here is the error I'm getting:
>
> Access to the path "C:\Mypath" is denied.
> Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the 
> current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information 
> about the error and where it originated in the code.
>
> Exception Details: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 
> "C:\Mypath" is denied.
>
> ASP.NET is not authorized to access the requested resource. Consider 
> granting access rights to the resource to the ASP.NET request identity. 
> ASP.NET has a base process identity (typically {MACHINE}\ASPNET on IIS 5 
> or Network Service on IIS 6) that is used if the application is not 
> impersonating. If the application is impersonating via <identity 
> impersonate="true"/>, the identity will be the anonymous user (typically 
> IUSR_MACHINENAME) or the authenticated request user.
>
> To grant ASP.NET write access to a file, right-click the file in Explorer, 
> choose "Properties" and select the Security tab. Click "Add" to add the 
> appropriate user or group. Highlight the ASP.NET account, and check the 
> boxes for the desired access.
>
> What I've done:
>
> Absolutely everything. I have tried everything I could think of from 
> adding aspnet to the admin group to hunting through gpedit.msc to find 
> anything even remotely relevant. I have found a few people that said the 
> took steps 1,2 and 3, which I did, and it didn't work. Besides, the web 
> share idea scares me. I've messed with every permission I could find for 
> any user regarding this directory and under no circumstances will it allow 
> me to write to the server.
>
> Please, any ideas?
>
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