Re: IIS and Windows 2000

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From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 08/17/04


Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:34:26 GMT

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 02:08:40 +0800, "Jared Burford"
<speedoes@arach.net.au> wrote:

>My mates running IIS on Win2k system, but has trouble deleting psyical
>directory and/or file via IIS. I guess this would be due to NTFS permissions
>granted under Windows wouldn't it. Access under PSW is Read only which I
>would assume would apply to uses accessing the web server.
>
>I told my mate to make sure the security under the psyical directory is Full
>Control, Read, Write & Modify, Is thid correct ? As for Everyone, I wuolda
>thought the most restricted acess would automatically apply.

A lot of this depends on how he's trying to delete the file/folder.
If he's using a web site anonymously, then it's the anonymous user
accoun that needs the proper NTFS permissions. Which is dangerous
since then anyone can delete the file/folder in question.

Jeff



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