virtual folder permissions

[dbromberg]

I set up a new virtual folder on my website and whenever a user tries to access anything in this folder (an asp script in this case) it prompts him/her to login (using the standard microsoft popup of username, password, and server). While it is true that I can log on to my domain with the administrator account using this method and then I can view whatever I like, I want users to be able to view things in the folder without having to know my administrator password (obviously). I have the virtual directory permissions set to allow reading and script execution, but I still can't access it from the web. I can access stuff in the main

http://wwwroot

directory just fine from the web.

 

[dbromberg]

I have a second problem. How do I access things in the cgi-bin? I tried referencing it by c:\inetpub\

http://wwwroot\cgi-bin\filename

and even tried

http://www.domainname.com/cgi-bin/filename.

The cgi-bin folder is at the moment web shared with read, write, and script execute privileges.

 

[dbromberg]

Okay if I put the file I am trying to access (this is the second problem I'm talking about now, but I still need help with the first) in the same folder as the script I'm executing, I can access the file using c:\inetpub\

http://wwwroot\folder\file.txt

but I can't do the same for c:\inetpub\

http://wwwroot\cgi-bin\file.txt

when the file is in the same place and the folders have identical permissions. What gives!

-dbromberg

 

[dbromberg]

What on earth is wrong with this?! This is combined with first and second problem. I have two folders, absolutely IDENTICAL permissions, in one folder from the web I can run htm files, but no asp scripts (when I try it comes up with the message from problem 1 about needing username password and domain. In the second folder I appear to be able to access scripts (but of course I get the second problem where I can't access cgi-bin). Why can I run scripts in one but not in the other when they have identical permissions? I tried this on another computer I hadn't logged onto and it had the same results. I'm confused.

-dbromberg