IIS AppPoolIdentity and file system write access permissions

Question

Here\'s an issue with IIS 7.5 and ASP.NET that I\'ve been researching and getting nowhere with. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My question is: using ASP.NET

Answer 1

1. Right click on folder.

2. Click Properties

3. Click Security Tab. You will see something like this:

4. Click "Edit..." button in above screen. You will see something like this:

5. Click "Add..." button in above screen. You will see something like this:

6. Click "Locations..." button in above screen. You will see something like this. Now, go to the very of top of this tree structure and select your computer name, then click OK.

7. Now type "iis apppool\your_apppool_name" and click "Check Names" button. If the apppool exists, you will see your apppool name in the textbox with underline in it. Click OK button.

8. Check/uncheck whatever access you need to grant to the account

9. Click Apply button and then OK.