Windows 2003 server and web sharing

I have a few questions about web sharing.

1. When you enable web sharing of a folder, what port does the user need to
access the shared folder remotely?

2. If I set the security up in IIS for that folder, will it change the local
intranet security for the local users?

3. In the web sharing setup, is it best to turn off the run scripts? (As
only files will be modified remotely. i.e. word/excel, power point etc.)

Thanks

Re: Windows 2003 server and web sharing

"John" wrote in message
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>I have a few questions about web sharing.
>
> 1. When you enable web sharing of a folder, what port does the user need
> to
> access the shared folder remotely?

By default, port 80 (HTTP). The folder is added as a virtual directory
underneath your default website.

> 2. If I set the security up in IIS for that folder, will it change the
> local
> intranet security for the local users?

eh? IIS has settings for authentication types (e.g. Basic -vs- Digest -vs-
IWA). This merely sets the mechanism by which a user's credentials are
transferred to the server. Whether the user can access the pages still
depends on NTFS permissions. IIS has another set of settings that determines
whether content can be read or executed.

> 3. In the web sharing setup, is it best to turn off the run scripts? (As
> only files will be modified remotely. i.e. word/excel, power point etc.)

the "scripts" permission allows ISAPI extensions to run (e.g. ASP, ASP.NET
pages). If you do not have any of those, then you do not need that
permissions on.

Cheers
Ken