IIS Questions

[Pino]

Ok I've been using IIS for a while now and never had this issue. Prehaps somone could point me in the right direction?

Basicly I've set up a new site and added a virtual directlory (Its for Bugzilla if that matters) and everytime I navigate it the site I get a username/password prompt?

What would cause this and how can I resolve it?

Thanks

[Harsh Gupta]

Maybe Windows Authentication is enabled for this particular website.

Right-Click on the Virtual Directory and choose Properties. Under the tab "Directory Security", click on the button in the "Anonymous Access and Authentication Control" groupbox. In the dialog that follows, uncheck the "Integrated Windows Authentication" checkbox, usually found at the bottom of the dialog.

That should help.

BTW, what version of IIS are you using?

[Pino]

Hi,

Sorry is IIS6.

If I uncheck the integrated security option I get the following error


You are not authorized to view this page
You do not have permission to view this directory or page due to the access control list (ACL) that is configured for this resource on the Web server.

[mendhak]

Go to the actual files in Windows Explorer and give the worker process or the anonymous user permissions to access those files. That's usually what the ACL error is about.

[Pino]

Hi Mendhak,

Thanks, I've updated the files in explorer to give the annonymous account access however the issue still remains! Its highly frustrating!

Any suggestions for diagnosing the issue?

[mendhak]

Are you getting an HTTP 401.3? If not, what's the status code/

[Pino]

Mendhak,

I'm still getting the ACL error. The site uses PERL I've give the annonymous account access to all the folders the site uses.

Thanks for your help.

Pino

[chris128]

Just as a test, you might want to try temporarily granting the Everyone group access to the folder in explorer just so that then if you no longer get the ACL error after doing that then you know that there is some account/group you are not aware of that you need to grant access for. But if you still get the ACL error then you know that its definitley not an NTFS permissions issue.

[Pino]

Just as a test, you might want to try temporarily granting the Everyone group access to the folder in explorer just so that then if you no longer get the ACL error after doing that then you know that there is some account/group you are not aware of that you need to grant access for. But if you still get the ACL error then you know that its definitley not an NTFS permissions issue.

Hi Chris,

I allready tried that! It must be somthing in perl thats stopping it. Need to finc the file and/or folder.

Pino

[Negative0]

Try adding a plain html or image file to the directory and browse to that url.

[mendhak]

Anything in Start > Run > eventvwr? It should correspond to the time you receive the permission denied message and it may be in application or it may be in security.