Re: user account settings for vs.net
From: Pam Ammond (pam_at_empoweringyou.com)
Date: 09/14/04
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:17:03 -0700
Thanks for your info. I'm out tomorrow and I have reading to do on IIS, but
I wanted to say Thanks.
Pam
"lukasz" wrote:
> comments inline
>
> > I do not see IIS_WPG as a user or group, so I think I have work to do on
> IIS
> > before I can continue. Any suggestions on what I need to do with IIS_WPG?
> I
> > know it means worker process, so maybe I'm misunderstanding what you told
> me
> > to do.
>
> It's a group created after ASP.NET was created & registered. If you don't
> have IIS installed on your machine the group is not likely to be there. If
> you want ADO.NET to access SQL Server, you need to open SQL Server and grant
> access for IIS_WPG in there.
>
>
> > I don't think I need this account to be a member of the Power Users Group
> > since I am not using legacy applications. Correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> I am working on two machines, on one I'm an admin, on the other a power
> user. I have no experience with more restrictive users, so in case you can't
> work try adding yourself to the power users group and see if that helps.
>
>
> > At those times that I am using Access as a back end database, do I need to
> > have SQL started? Does VS.NET use SQL Server itself for any reason other
> > than if I connect to SQL via ADO.NET?
>
> No. You can stop SQL Server.
>
> > If not then I would like to stop it
> > for security reasons. How much of a security threat is having SQL on an
> XP
> > computer if it is Stopped? Any? Are there still open ports to contend
> with?
> > Or other vulnerabilities related to SQL if it is Stopped?
>
> I believe you have all Service Packs and bug fixes installed.
>
> To the best of my knowledge, SQL Server is a Windows service. As such, when
> it is stopped, it is not running at all and no ports are open. But ask this
> question to nntp://microsoft.public.sqlserver.server newsgroup for a more
> reliable answer.
>
> > I am still very unclear about what I need to do
> > with IIS if I am only developing and testing on one machine, versus if I
> am
> > developing on this machine and uploading and debugging on another server,
> and
> > the role that IIS plays in both scenarios. I want to be clear about what
> is
> > needed and security on this machine in both situations, so I have some
> > reading to do. If you have any suggested KB or articles, please post
> them.
>
> If you want to develop & test on local machine, setting up the account as I
> said in previous post should suffice. I haven't done remote debugging with
> web apps, only windows forms, and to debug code remotely I needed an account
> on the server that was in the Debuggers group. I do not have any articles
> covering this subject. Try searching the newsgroup or MSDN for "remote IIS
> debugging."
>
>
>
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