[thelist] Setting permissions so localhost can be used by Firefox

[Ken Schaefer]

That looks fine.

You have anonymous access enabled, and IIS is controlling the password for
that account.

However the next problem could be that the configured anonymous account
(IUSR_<machinename>) doesn't actually have NTFS permissions to read the file
off the hard disk.

If you locate the file on your hard disk (typically somewhere under
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\), right-click and choose "security", what are the
effective permissions to that file for the IUSR_<machinename> account?

Additionally, do you have a global.asa file? If so, the IUSR account needs
permissions to that as well, since that gets processed when the application
starts, or a new user connects to the machine.

If you want an idea of how these requests get processed, check out my FAQ:
www.adopenstatic.com/faq/IISRequestProcessing.aspx

Cheers
Ken

: -----Original Message-----
: From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
: bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Michele Foster
: Sent: Saturday, 23 July 2005 6:14 AM
: To: todd at promisingsites.com
: Cc: thelist at lists.evolt.org
: Subject: Re: [thelist] Setting permissions so localhost can be used by
: Firefox
: 
: On 22/07/05, Todd Richards <todd at promisingsites.com> wrote:
: >
: > Michele -
: >
: > I apologize, as I'm a little confused on what is going on here. However,
: > have you checked the security settings in IIS to make sure that
: anonymous
: > access is allowed?
: >
: > Todd
: 
: 
: 
: I'm not 100% sure where to check this .. as I've compared my settings on
: Win2K and my WinXp machine and the settings appear to me to be the same.
: It's the new WinXP Pro machine that is not working.
: 
: I go to IIS, displayed is one entry my Computer's name (local computer)
: Then I go to Web Sites or Default Web Site (I've tried both)
: Right click, Properties
: Directory Security
: Anonymous access and authentical control, Choose Edit
: on that screen "Authentication Methods"
: Selected is Anonymous access (at the very top) and the last option
: Integrated Windows Authentication
: Under Anonymous access it says, Account used for anonymous access: and the
: values are IUSR_MyComputerName with a Password that I have no idea what it
: is, and the check box "Allow IIS to control password" selected.
: I tried to delete this user name, but it won't let me (gives me an error
: and
: says enter at least one character)
: 
: I don't know if I'm close or not .. this is rather frustrating.
: 
: Yes, I have googled, but I no longer have any clue what I'm even looking
: for.
: 
: Thanks everyone for your help
: 
: Mich