"GregP" <peterso***@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>I have a web app that receives XML, parses it, runs it against a database,
>then sends this data back as XML.
>
> When the file is received, a corresponding text file that contains the
> data being received is created in a virtual directory.
>
> This configuration runs fine in IIS 5.1 on XP Pro. But in the production
> environment (Windows 2003 and IIS 6.0) the text files are not getting
> created.
>
> I have gone so far as to grant IUSR_machinename administrative permissions
> on this Virtual directory (full control), but still no text files are
> being written.
>
> What permissions are needed to allow these text files to be created in the
> Virtual directory?

"GregP" <peterso***@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Bernard Cheah [MVP] wrote:
>> Do you get any error msgs ? do a file auditing and see whether it failed.
>>
> Set up aduting on this folder. Nothing shows up in the security event
> viewer.
>
> Could there be an Active Directory issue preventing this app from even
> attempting to write to the folder?

"GregP" <peterso***@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Bernard Cheah [MVP] wrote:
>> Nope. should be not related to AD. I suspect is permission setting that
>> the web application user does not has the privileges to do write the
>> file. So, get filemon (sysinternals.com) and see if you can trace what
>> user is be use to create the file and whether there's any problem with
>> it.
>>
>> Run it on the server, then simulate your web request again, then checkout
>> the filemon log.
>>
>
> The FileMon revealed that when the app was installed, it was installed in
> a different directory than the directory we have set IIS up to use. I
> don't know how it has been able to work at all. FileMon reported that the
> app was trying to write the log files to a directory that didn't exist.
>
> Great little tool. Thanks for the help.
>
> Now to figure out why this app is even able to run.

> I have a web app that receives XML, parses it, runs it against a
> database, then sends this data back as XML.
>
> When the file is received, a corresponding text file that contains the
> data being received is created in a virtual directory.
>
> This configuration runs fine in IIS 5.1 on XP Pro. But in the
> production environment (Windows 2003 and IIS 6.0) the text files are
> not getting created.
>
> I have gone so far as to grant IUSR_machinename administrative
> permissions on this Virtual directory (full control), but still no
> text files are being written.
>
> What permissions are needed to allow these text files to be created in
> the Virtual directory?

> GregP wrote:
>
>>I have a web app that receives XML, parses it, runs it against a
>>database, then sends this data back as XML.
>>
>>When the file is received, a corresponding text file that contains the
>>data being received is created in a virtual directory.
>>
>>This configuration runs fine in IIS 5.1 on XP Pro. But in the
>>production environment (Windows 2003 and IIS 6.0) the text files are
>>not getting created.
>>
>>I have gone so far as to grant IUSR_machinename administrative
>>permissions on this Virtual directory (full control), but still no
>>text files are being written.
>>
>>What permissions are needed to allow these text files to be created in
>>the Virtual directory?
>
>
> Make sure the ASPNET account has write access to the directory if you're
> using ASP.NET.
>
>