"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!
>
>
>

"Paul Walsh" <PaulWa***@discussions.microsoft.com> 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!
>>
>>
>>