shared folder for iis website?

Hi all,

I am having a little trouble configuring a new website through a shared unc
path. Here is my config:-

FTP1 - Server 2003 Web SP1 - MYDMZ (Workgroup)

d:\ftproot is shared with allowing "everyone" read permissions. The NTFS
permissions for this folder has the following permissions:-

Administrators - Full
System - Full
IUSR_FTP1 - read
iis_user - read

WEB1 - Server 2003 Web SP1 - MYDMZ (Workgroup)

I created a new website and selected shared folder on another server for the
directory path. In there I put in \\ftp1\ftproot. For the connect as
credentials I entered ftp1\iis_user with the appropriate password. Anonymous
access (iusr_web1) is enabled on this website. Inside the mmc snap-in I can
see all the files on that shared folder fine.

Now when I browse to the website, I get an internal server 500 error. I can
never get it to work. If I copy the files to a local folder on WEB1 and then
re-configure the website, everything works fine. How can I make it work with
a shared folder? What am I missing?

TIA!

RE: shared folder for iis website?

Try running FileMon (from www.sysinternals.com) which will show you what
account is failing to get access to the resources.

From what I can tell you are trying to give a local user on one server
access to resources on a different server? Is this correct?

If your servers are in a domain, have you tried providing access via a
domain service account rather than a local one?

Paul Walsh

"param@community.nospam" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am having a little trouble configuring a new website through a shared unc
> path. Here is my config:-
>
> FTP1 - Server 2003 Web SP1 - MYDMZ (Workgroup)
>
> d:\ftproot is shared with allowing "everyone" read permissions. The NTFS
> permissions for this folder has the following permissions:-
>
> Administrators - Full
> System - Full
> IUSR_FTP1 - read
> iis_user - read
>
> WEB1 - Server 2003 Web SP1 - MYDMZ (Workgroup)
>
> I created a new website and selected shared folder on another server for the
> directory path. In there I put in \\ftp1\ftproot. For the connect as
> credentials I entered ftp1\iis_user with the appropriate password. Anonymous
> access (iusr_web1) is enabled on this website. Inside the mmc snap-in I can
> see all the files on that shared folder fine.
>
> Now when I browse to the website, I get an internal server 500 error. I can
> never get it to work. If I copy the files to a local folder on WEB1 and then
> re-configure the website, everything works fine. How can I make it work with
> a shared folder? What am I missing?
>
> TIA!
>
>
>

Re: shared folder for iis website?

My servers are in the same workgroup. The name of the accounts and passwords
are the same on both servers. This has worked in the past. I dont know why
it is failing.

"Paul Walsh" wrote in message
news:EC256D64-A00B-4967-81D6-75F37F3430DB@microsoft.com...
> Try running FileMon (from www.sysinternals.com) which will show you what
> account is failing to get access to the resources.
>
> From what I can tell you are trying to give a local user on one server
> access to resources on a different server? Is this correct?
>
> If your servers are in a domain, have you tried providing access via a
> domain service account rather than a local one?
>
> Paul Walsh
>
> "param@community.nospam" wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am having a little trouble configuring a new website through a shared
>> unc
>> path. Here is my config:-
>>
>> FTP1 - Server 2003 Web SP1 - MYDMZ (Workgroup)
>>
>> d:\ftproot is shared with allowing "everyone" read permissions. The NTFS
>> permissions for this folder has the following permissions:-
>>
>> Administrators - Full
>> System - Full
>> IUSR_FTP1 - read
>> iis_user - read
>>
>> WEB1 - Server 2003 Web SP1 - MYDMZ (Workgroup)
>>
>> I created a new website and selected shared folder on another server for
>> the
>> directory path. In there I put in \\ftp1\ftproot. For the connect as
>> credentials I entered ftp1\iis_user with the appropriate password.
>> Anonymous
>> access (iusr_web1) is enabled on this website. Inside the mmc snap-in I
>> can
>> see all the files on that shared folder fine.
>>
>> Now when I browse to the website, I get an internal server 500 error. I
>> can
>> never get it to work. If I copy the files to a local folder on WEB1 and
>> then
>> re-configure the website, everything works fine. How can I make it work
>> with
>> a shared folder? What am I missing?
>>
>> TIA!
>>
>>
>>