When i try to copy files with System.IO.File.Copy() with ASP.Net C# in IIS 7.5 i get directory access denied error.
I've added almost every possible users that could need a permission on that folder :
IIS APPPOOL.Net v4.5 Classic
IUSR
IIS_IUSRS
Didn't work. I've then added same permissions to the parent folder , but i still can't make it work.
PS : I don't use the inetpub directory for this application. It doesn't even located in the system partition (e.g. C:\) . Its in somewhere else and its sync with Google Drive. But i can travel through files with these permissions.
So what do you all think it could be ?
Use FileMon to identify the exact account that is trying to copy the files and getting the access denied error.
once you identify the account, give necessary permissions to it, instead of giving access to random accounts which could result in security issues.
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I am currently working on an antivirus in C#.
I have one small problem though.
When it scans the computer's files, it can't access files in AppData.
How would I be able to search all directories except for one?
This is what I got so far(does not work):
Directory.GetFiles(path , "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Where(d => !d.StartsWith("<EXCLUDE_DIR_PATH>")).ToArray();
I keep on getting the error
Access to the path 'c:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Application Data' is denied.
An access denied exception simply means you are not allowed to access the directory. Windows has several of those, and AppData is one of those. Try running the program as administrator. Do note that you need to
be a Windows user part of the Administrators group and
your app need to be run elevated.
You can achieve both 1 and 2 by running your program's executable by right clicking and selecting 'Run as administrator' (even if your logged in as an administrator!)
I have tested your code and it works fine. It seems to be a permission issue. Try running your application with Administrator permissions. Here is a good SO answer for that
However, you will run into another problem - Directory.GetFiles will find non-existent files. Another SO answer to look at for this
In my testing I ran into non-existent folders in the AppData directory. You will need to tell the program to ignore such directories. Here is another answer to get you started
I want to update my website by extracting a zip file which contains whole files of the website itself. Apparently the system does not allow me to do this as such folders are protected:
Error while extrating: Access to the path
'C:\WebsiteFolder\Website\bin\' is denied.
I also think that changing the dlls will restart the server while extracting. Is there a way to do this? To extract all files then restarts the server after it finishes. Also the web.config might be overwritten while extracting the zip file.
Does putting offline.htm help?
This is because IIS is using files within the bin directory, and the AppPool is likely running as system, or an administrator account.
Stopping IIS (or the app pool) will enable you to replace the files.
I also think that changing the dlls will restart the server while extracting
Yes, it will restart the app pool when you change these files
One of my folder is reside in local network or local machine for upload and display attachments. I can not manage (upload or display) this in MVC 4.0, ASP.NET. For that I wrote path in appsetting of web.config. Please guide me how to manage it.
Simply having the path recorded and used does not mean that the application has the permissions to access it.
You need to ensure that the account that the web application runs under has the permissions to access this folder (the account details will be in the properties of the web server application pool that is setup for the site).
try to:
create a Site mapped on your attachments folder
In your project, add two AppSettings: AttachmentAbsoluteUrl, AttachmentFullname
When you have to download an attachment, you can use the Url defined in the AttachmentAbsoluteUrl AppSettings Key, when you have to upload/delete/add, use the AttachmentFullname key.
In this way you can manage both development and production environments, using different AppSettings values.
For example, in my local computer, I have the Attachments folder in the same directory of the project, in production server, I have a different folder outside the Site directory.
You have to check if the Identity of the Application Pool used by your Web application have the rights to modify the contents of the Attachments folder.
I hope this can help you
I have a windows service program running in C#. I have configured to run it as a local service with my config files stored in \bin\release\config\configvalues.txt. But, it does not recognize this file path and throws the "System.UnauthorizedAccessException".
I believe its looking for the files in the System32 folder and since it does not have the privilege, throws out the exception. For the workaround, my service is running with "local system" to recognize the System32\config folder. To run as a local service, which file path should the config folder be available?
Check the location of your project folder. Most likely, you'll find that it is inside your User profile folders, which the local service account does not have access to.
Deploy your project to a folder outside of any User profiles and you'll have better luck.
I have an ASP.NET application that has a button. When you click the button it has one line where is creates a sub-directory in a directory I have Read, Write, Modify through an AD group on another server (NOT the web server).
When I click the button I get an Access Denied error to the sub-directory.
Impersonate is set to true in the web.config.
Authentication is Windows.
WindowsIdentity is set to me.
The application is running under my account because of the above two things.
I can click the button and have it open the folder in Windows Explorer. So I have access to the parent.
If I create a subfolder in the folder. I can click the button and have it open the subfolder in Windows Explorer
I can do all this using C# code.
Only when I try to create a subfolder using C# does it tell me Access Denied. But I have Read, Write and Modify permissions.
Do not understand why this does not work.
You should try granting permission to the sysname\iis_wpg group.
Which version of IIS are you running?
Check the identity which is running the website in the application pool section. Verify that identity has the proper permissions on that directory. That is the identity which is being used to do the OS work.
Note that you might need to grant the identity in 7/7.5 via the command line on the directory such as
icacls c:\inetpub\wwwroot /grant "IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool":(OI)(CI)(RX)
see Icalcs documentation.