Permissions Issue

[Mighty]

Guys,

I am getting a permission denied error when I try to delete a file from a directory. My program creates a file, writes to it, closes it, emails it and then attempts to delete it. It all works apart from the delete action. How come I have permission to create a file but not to delete the same file??? Mighty

 

[Biffy13]

What version of IIS are you using?

You will probably find that you are setup with read and write permissions but not delete permissions. Delete is a seperate permissioning issue.

 

[Mighty]

I have tried it on two different machines - one with IIS5 and one with IIS4. Where do I check out the permissions? Is it an IIS thing or a WinNT/Win2k permissions issue? Mighty

 

[Biffy13]

Try this on Win 2000/IIS5:
In windows Explorer -
browse to your website directory.
Right-click and then choose properties. Select the security tab.
Highlight anonymous user - you will see the permissions listed below.
If there is a tick in "allow inheritable permissions..." at the bottom then uncheck it else the main websites permissions will overwrite al your permissioning. It will probably bring up a box asking you what to do with the permissions - select copy to copy the default website permissions.
Now go to advanced. You will need to view/edit the permissions for allow anonymous user. You will see a list of options - you will need to tick the delete box. Also tick the very bottom box "apply these permissions...within this container..." - to make sure this only applies to this folder.

Click ok - apply - ok - ok and then test it.

You may also want to check the deny permissions- only give yourself the bare minimum of security that does what you want and deny what else you can - keep your site safe!

See how you go..