I am trying to setup a website on IIS. It is basically a copy of an existing website (working) that we have that is hosted on another server. The two server's OS is running the same OS Windows Server 2003 and both site is running on IIS 6. The source code is the same since it was just copied from Site A. Only difference is that the database is now connected to a new database.
When I open a page on the site, it throws me this error.
The parameter 'exePath' is invalid
Source File: c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary
ASP.NET Files\fias\576e43ba\53e00dbc\App_Web_bndnkzt8.0.cs Line: 0
I am not sure what is causing this. But I am sure that it is not on the code since it's just copied from the other working site.
I am looking into permissions on directory. I already changed permissions to say FULL Control but that doesn't seem to fix it.
Anyone has any idea on how to solve this?
Thanks in advance!!!
I have setup a application in my IIS7 that uses .NET Framework 4.0 (runned by NetworkService) but when browsing the site I get this:
Access is denied.
Description: An error occurred while accessing the resources required to serve this request. You might not have permission to view the requested resources.
Error message 401.3: You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied (access denied due to Access Control Lists). Ask the Web server's administrator to give you access to*
I have tried to give NetworkService full permission on the folder that holds the website (the one that the web application in IIS is pointing against) but I do still get the access denied?
Why?
I gave access to "IIS_IUser" but instead it should be "IUSR". That solved the problem.
For me, nothing worked except the following, which solved the problem: open IIS, select the site, open Authentication (in the IIS section), right click Anonymous Authentication and select Edit, select Application Pool Identity.
I had the same problem, I enabled "Anonymous Authentication" but it still did not work.
So I also ENABLED "Forms Authentication" Then it worked without any problems.
OS : Windows 7 & IIS 7
If you still have permission denied after adding IUSR & NETWORK SERVICE.
Add also IIS_WPG. The addition of this last user solved my problem.
For people who can't find those users:
when you're trying to add a user in security of the folder (properties of the folder), click on "Advanced" of the window "Select Users or Groups". Change the location to the computer name then click on "Find Now". You'll find those users in the list below.
If you're using Anonymous Authentication, IIS 7 will use the "IUSR" account for directory access (unless you've set it to use the app pool identity. If you haven't granted IUSR sufficient permissions on your site's folders and files, you'll get this error
For me in windows 7 it started to work only after I gave 'Read & execute', 'List folder contents', 'Read' permissions to site folder for both users
IUSR
NETWORK SERVICE
Tried most of the solutions here, but no luck. What worked for me was adding "Everyone" to the security permissions. Properties -> Security -> Edit -> Add -> Everyone. The given defaults were enough for me to regain access.
In the near future, I should probably figure out what credentials are being sent to the server so that I can give proper permissions. But I hope it helps someone!
In the Authentication settings for APP itself (IN IIS), see if you have anonymous enabled.
We need to create a new user ComputerName\IUSR by going to the website folder-->Properties--->Security--->Edit-->Add and give read access. This would work definitely.
This solution is for IIS7
I went round and round on this and it turned out to be improperly set default page. Hope this helps someone else avoid an hour of wasted time.
In my case running c:\windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis.exe /i resolved the 403 access denied issue.
Checking the Application Pool Identity in Anonymous Authentication and enabling Forms Authentication would solve problem for access denied error. š
After some thinking and a lot of of trial and error I found out that this error occurred because part of my web.config was encrypted and for some reason the key was no longer valid.
Re-encrypting the config section solved the issue.
After watching this tutorial :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbrZbHpXBTE&list=PLp1Emx1rT4z9YWLDXBjUwBb130qv2Zq2x&index=4&ab_channel=LearningProgrammingTutorial
I had the same problem using RDP ( windows server 2016 Datacenter )
i followed the tutorial above & enbaled my directory browsing options from the IIS internet infromation services manager.
what you want to do is to access your IIS manager , you can check out the tutorial above to learn how to access IIS manager if you have trouble acessing there , it was useful for me that's why I'm sharing then ... go to :
you should gave access to IUSER
( or application tool identity , depends or what you want to work with )
and your problem would be solved! :)
Also you need to check your firewall and TCP settings , if ping between two machines didn't work for you , you can check this out :
https://operavps.com/rdp-connection-issues/
It was due to WWWRoot directory security issue.
Simple solution is, Just copy applicatio folder to some other drive, Instead of "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot"
and then create a virtual directory for this new path. That's it.
If the IUSR user is already specified in Authentication and you're still getting this issue, it could be that your Directory Listing isn't enabled. Be sure to check that. That was the case for me.
This is what happened to me:
Get - Post is ok. Working well.
When I try to use Options verb, the server return error like that.
Then, beware with urlScan
I add OPTIONS verb to urlscan configuration .ini file, then everything works well.
To check if urlscan is installed or not, open your iis manager, and open ISAPI FILTERS url scan should appear at the list.
I was also facing the same issue,
Everything was normal all the rights were given to the user and for folder as well.
After many research i found that the wwwroot (Source code folder) was shared with some other user.
I stopped sharing and it worked like a charm.
I was facing this issue after pulling from remote master and adding to the appsettings on web.config.
I solved it by enabling Windows Authentication:
Click on the project and press f4
Make sure Windows Auth is enabled:
Okay, I realize there are many questions relating to this error, I have read several questions and answers without resolving my problem.
I have a MVC site that I'm trying to debug on local IIS web server.
I check the option to use local IIS in the project properties and I've created a virtual directory in IIS.
The error I get in Visual Studio is:
Unable to start debugging on web server.
In IIS i try browse the site but get the error:
Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions
Config File \?\C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\MvcApplication1\MvcApplication1\web.config
I've set permissions for the pool identity on the web.config and whole project folder.
I've tried localsystem identity, no luck!
Please help me resolve this. I've spent several hours trying to fix this.
I found that if granting read permission to IIS_IUSRS still does not help. You need to also check that the web.config file is not encrypted. You can see if the file name is green in Window Explorer, it means the file encrypted. You can also do right click at the file, select Propertiesā¦ / General Tab / Advancedā¦ Make sure the "Encrypt content to secure data" unchecked.
It works for me once I uncheck that Encrypt box.
Maybe this will help. Look here, here and here
You also might have to grant ISS_IUSRS right to C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\config\machine.config and then do a iisreset
Edit:
Do you have the right Application Pool Identities? Read more here
For local development I've used pritty straightforward solution - just set IIS Application Pool to LocalSystem, set permissions for site folder (ISS_IUSRS - all) and it's worked for me
I only ran into a different set of issues with IIS_IUSRS. So I just published the site under a whole different folder, off the root, and the issue went away!
I'm running Win 7 and I'm trying to get a ASP.NET website, to run under the local IIS. I've set up a virtual directory which points to the folder where the website is. But when I access localhost/[VirtualDir] I get an error from IIS. The error is a 401.3 and relates to not having rights to access the folder (my error message is in danish, so posting the error won't help much...grrrr). I've given IIS_IUSRS full rights to the folder with the code, but I still get the same error.
I've also tried to create a new default website in VS and place it in wwwroot, but I still get the same error.
Anyone who can help?
Best regards,
Steffen Jorgensen
It is probably not the folder permission that are giving you the error, more likely it is the IIS authentication, below is a link with some steps to try.
http://www.bloggingdeveloper.com/post/HTTP-Error-4013-Unauthorized-Error-While-creating-IIS-70-web-site-on-Windows-Vista.aspx
have you told your project to use IIS in the project settings? The default is the special VS version of IIS (The name just escaped me), but if you'll go into Project Properties -> Web You'll see at the bottom that you want to change to "Use local IIS"
I have been trying to configure a small website on a Windows Server 2008 running IIS 7. Unfortunately, when trying to load the website I keep getting the error: Server Error 401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.
The permissions on the website folder include read, write, and execute for user ASP.NET v4.0. I even clicked "Check names" before adding the user to folder, to make sure that I spelled everything correctly. But the error continues to show. Also, I noticed that everything works okay if I add "Users" to the permissions for the folders containing the website, but I don't see why this should be necessary. I only want to give ASP.NET v4.0 access to the folder.
Some other noteworthy points include that I'm using the ASP.NET v4.0 application pool, that the managed pipeline is integrated, and that load user profile is set to true.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciated the help. I'm stumped!
EDIT: Does it matter that the website is on the d: drive? I just assumed this wasn't important...
I find I always need to give IIS_IUSRS access.
I'd recommend you to use the Process Monitor to detect which user is actually accessing the file.
Here you'll find an explanation about how to achieve that.
Open IIS7 on the server. Highlight the site, and double-click on the Authentication icon in the Security Section. Check that Anonymous Authentication is enabled.
Some troubleshooting links for this particular issue:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902160
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907273