Unauthorized access error to html pages in IIS 7.0

Question

I am using VSTS 2008 + C# + .Net 3.5 + IIS 7.0. I have created a new web site and put an html file into the directory. And when I use browse function in IIS manager to browse th

Answer 1

Basically you have to grant read access to the file to the identity that runs your apppool in IIS. On 2008 server and Vista that identity (unless you have explicitly changed it) would be "NT Authority\Network Service" and on windows7 it's "IisAppPool\AppPoolIdentity" (and don't ask why they have done that on win7, it's a WTF if you ask me)