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Write to Virtual Directory in IIS6 ASP NET using VB
I have deployed a new ASP.Net 2.0 web site on a Windows 2003 server using IIS6.
I have created a Samba share folder pointing to a folder on our Unix server.
I have created a virtual directory called WebOrders under my Web Site root directory.
How can I create text files in this virtual directory in VB code? How do i reference the virtual directory in VB code? I am doing this because no matter what I try I cannot specify the actual path to the Samba Share in my textfilecreate method without getting a User or password invalid error! Very frustrating! I hope this works.
I can create the text files on a local server folder no problem. Also when I run the Web Site on my dev. server (Windows XP file system type site) I can access the Samba share path no problem. Only in IIS6 do I have this problem. I cannot deploy because of this.
Do I really have to create a separate batch file that simply moves the files from a local folder to the Samba Share periodically? Seems silly. I should be able to access any network resource I need to, no?
Very frustrated.
I have created a Samba share folder pointing to a folder on our Unix server.
I have created a virtual directory called WebOrders under my Web Site root directory.
How can I create text files in this virtual directory in VB code? How do i reference the virtual directory in VB code? I am doing this because no matter what I try I cannot specify the actual path to the Samba Share in my textfilecreate method without getting a User or password invalid error! Very frustrating! I hope this works.
I can create the text files on a local server folder no problem. Also when I run the Web Site on my dev. server (Windows XP file system type site) I can access the Samba share path no problem. Only in IIS6 do I have this problem. I cannot deploy because of this.
Do I really have to create a separate batch file that simply moves the files from a local folder to the Samba Share periodically? Seems silly. I should be able to access any network resource I need to, no?
Very frustrated.
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Yes, if I understand you I should change the username/password in Directory Security to a valid Unix account and then set the <identity impersonate="True" /> in my web.config. If I do that then I cannot connect to our SQL server which uses Integrated Security for access. Then when I create a new user in SQL matching the username in Directory Security I cannot connect to SQL server using the new user account. SQL is set to Mixed Mode Authentication, I am not sure why it is not allowing the new user to connect. I have asked my net. admin. guy and he is stumpped too. If SQL would accept the new user I would then create that user in Unix and Samba which then should resolve all connection issues (ensure connections to both SQL and SAMBA), I would hope. Dunno why this has to be so complicated but it is. Thanks.
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ok, done and working. Thanks.
Local service accounts (default) don't have access to network shares.