cannot create directory with asp.net

[Vetrijar]

I'm having problems creating a directory in asp.net on my local machine

 

Dim folder As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(Server.MapPath("\writehere") & ctl_username )

If Not folder.Exists Then folder.Create()

 

with ctl_username being the name of the person.

ex. c:\wwwroot\writehere\vetrijar\ would be the new directory.

 

I get the error

 

Access to the path "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\writehere\Ryan" is denied.

 

the directory writehere i precreated already with the read/write enabled.

[Jarda]

Hi,

did you check the ASP.NET write privileges? Please realize that .NET needs to have the privileges from the root (c:\) in case you want to create folders!

Good luck

Jarda

 

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Jaroslav Lhotak

Internet Team

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Inc.

http://www.rferl.org/

[Vetrijar]

I have the privilege set at the 'writehere' folder and all sub folders. is that right?

[Jarda]

Yeah, this should be fine. The user ASP.NET Machine Account has to have at the least read permissions (Read & Execute, List Folder Contents and Read) up to the this folder. Don't you have another rights which would block write access? Did you propagated these permissions on all subfolders correctly?

[Vetrijar]

I set the directories to read,exe,list,script. nothign still.

 

Is there another way to create a folder than the one listed above?

[Vetrijar]

Found the Problem!

 

In windows XP, the file sharing is set to 'simple' which didn't let me set the write/read/exe for ALL accounts (still don't know why i had to go through it this way).

 

I had to first goto My Computer, then Tools, Then Folder Options, then View. Then scroll to the bottom and unselect the simple file sharing so it would give me a security tab.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874

 

Then I could right click on the folder, select security, and set the permissions for all the accounts. I had to set the USERS one to get it to work.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B308418#7

 

 

Those are the microsoft.com links about it.

 

thx for your help