IIS7 folder permissions for web application

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I am using windows authentication without impersonation on my company s intranet website with IIS7   Under IIS7  what account is used to access the folder which contains my web app using these settings   Would it be IIS IUSRS  Or NETWORK SERVICE  Or another I don t know about

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Running IIS 7 5  I had luck adding permissions for the local computer user IUSR  The app pool user didn t work

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Working on IIS 7 5 and Windows 7 i couldnt give permission APPPOOL Mypool IUSR and IIS IUSRS permissions not working for me I got to problem this way   -Created console application with C  -This appliaction using createeventsource like this  if  System Diagnostics EventLog SourceExists sourceName              System Diagnostics EventLog CreateEventSource sourceName logName    -Build solution and get  exe file  -Run exe as administator This create log file    NOTE  Dont remember Event viewer must be refresh for see the log     I hope this solution helps someone

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http   forums iis net t 1187650 aspx  has the answer  Setting the iis authentication to appliction pool identity will resolve this      In IIS Authentication  Anonymous Authentication was set to  Specific User   When I changed it to Application Pool  I can access the site    To set  click on your website in IIS and double-click  Authentication   Right-click on  Anonymous Authentication  and click  Edit     option  Switch from  Specific User  to  Application pool identity   Now you should be able to set file and folder permissions using the IIS AppPool  Your App Pool Name

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In IIS 7  not IIS 7 5   sites access files and folders based on the account set on the application pool for the site  By default  in IIS7  this account is NETWORK SERVICE   Specify an Identity for an Application Pool  IIS 7   In IIS 7 5  Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7   the application pools run under the ApplicationPoolIdentity which is created when the application pool starts  If you want to set ACLS for this account  you need to choose IIS AppPool ApplicationPoolName instead of NT Authority Network Service

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If it s any help to anyone  give permission to  IIS IUSRS  group   Note that if you can t find  IIS IUSRS   try prepending it with your server s name  like  MySexyServer IIS IUSRS

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Worked for me in 30 seconds  short and sweet    In IIS Manager  run inetmgr     Go to ApplicationPool -  Advanced Settings Set ApplicationPoolIdentity to NetworkService  Go to the file  right click properties  go to security  click edit  click add  enter Network Service  with space  then click  check names    and give full control  or just whatever permissions you need

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