Error trying to upload file with asp:FileUpload: ASP.NET, Access to the path ... is denied.

Error trying to upload file with asp:FileUpload

Hiya,

In my web, there's an option to upload images to the server. If I want to just upload a file that doesn't exists, it works fine, I can do it. But if I try to upload a file with the same name as one that already exist in the server, I get the error:

Access to the path ... is denied.
ASP.NET is not authorized to access the requested resource. Consider granting access rights to the resource to the ASP.NET request identity. ASP.NET has a base process identity (typically {MACHINE}\ASPNET on IIS 5 or Network Service on IIS 6) that is used if the application is not impersonating. If the application is impersonating via <identity impersonate="true"/>, the identity will be the anonymous user (typically IUSR_MACHINENAME) or the authenticated request user.

Now, if I go to IIS and browse to this particular folder (under "Web Sites->Library->Images"), right click on properties and I have checked "Read" and "Write" options.

If I go to the Explorer and right clicki on those images none of them have the "Read-only" property set.

It seems like I should have access to overwrite those images. And since I can upload images that do not exist already in the server, I imagine I have access to that as well.

Can anyone provide some help her eplease?

<div id="uploadForm">
                    Select file to upload:
                    <asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload1" runat="server"></asp:FileUpload>
                    <asp:Button ID="UploadButton" Text="Upload asset" OnClick="UploadButton_Click" runat="server">
                    </asp:Button>
                    <asp:Label ID="Warning" runat="server" Style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 15px;
                        font-style: italic"></asp:Label>
                    <asp:Label ID="Size" runat="server" Style="color: red; font-style: italic"></asp:Label>
                    <asp:Label ID="UploadStatusLabel" runat="server"> 
                    </asp:Label>
                    <asp:Label ID="ErrorLabel" runat="server" Style="clear: both; display: block; font-weight: normal;
                        float: none; visibility: visible; color: red; font-style: italic; position: static;
                        height: 5px; font-variant: normal"> 
                    </asp:Label>
                </div>
 
 
 
Protected Sub UploadButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles UploadButton.Click
.....
        If (FileUpload1.HasFile) Then
            Dim filesize As Integer = FileUpload1.PostedFile.ContentLength / 1024
            If filesize > FILE_SIZE_LIMIT Then
                Size.Text = "File too big"
            Else
Dim savePath As String = Server.MapPath(imageName)
FileUpload1.SaveAs(savePath)
                UploadStatusLabel.Text = "Your file was saved as " & fileName
           End If
        Else
            UploadStatusLabel.Text = "You did not specify a file to upload."
        End If
    End Sub

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