HTTP 401.3 - Access denied by ACL on resource- ? 1

[treviboy]

hi,

I have not worked with IIS much, and I am running into things I don't know how to fix. I have a simple website that I built using VS 2005 - involving only one html page.
I built it and created a virtual directory and then gave the path to my simple web site. (I am testing on my PC before moving anything to a server. I am trying to understand how things work. )

I get the '401.3 Access denied by ACL on resource'.
I am running IIS 5.1. ( Should I be running 6.0?. )

I have "anonymous access" checked off and "allow IIS to control password" also checked off. I have as a user, my computer name "IUSER_MYCOMPUTERNAME" ... I was reading that maybe NTFS needs to be looked at. Where do I do that? I know this is probably something that's not that difficult, but I think I need more direction on where to look to find an answer. Thanks for any input/advice.

 

[Stevehewitt]

Hi Treviboy,

Yep, you're right. NTFS permissions. These are the permissions on the folder. NTFS permissions are Windows based. Whilst you may protect web content using IIS, you may want to protect a folder from another user, which you'd use NTFS for.

Where the virtual directory is based, open that location in Windows Explorer. Right click the folder and go into the properties. You should see a security tab.
You need to add in the local IIS Anonymous user. This is normally called IUSER_computername.

Give this user read access only for now.

Post back if you need more help in setting this up.

Thanks,




Steve.

"They have the internet on computers now!" - Homer Simpson

 

[treviboy]

Thanks Steve. I have the properties window showing, and I have tabs- "sharing", "web sharing" and "customize".
Is that where you meant? I checked to see how to give access to the anonymous user, but I don't see where that option is. Maybe I'm in the wrong place.

Thank you.

 

[Stevehewitt]

Hi,

Sounds like your running Windows XP?

If so, before you go into the properties, you need to go into the "Tools - Folder Options" screen from the menu bar. From there, click view.

You should see an 'Advanced settings' area of the window. In there, scroll to the bottom and remove the tick against the "simple file sharing" tick box.

If you then do the same as I mentioned in the previous post (properties, security, add the anonymous user read access) you should be fine.

Good luck,




Steve.

"They have the internet on computers now!" - Homer Simpson

 

[treviboy]

Thank you Steve!!

 

[treviboy]

It worked. Steve, thanks. I would not have known to remove "simple file sharing