AppPool Permission Issue with Accessing Report Server

Question

I have a SQL Server 2008 R2 Report Server running on a Windows 7 machine as well as an ASP.NET application. The ASP.NET application makes requests to the Report Server to di

Answer 1

I don't want to set my application pool to LocalSystem as I believe this is bad practice.

For Microsoft recommendations (don't use LocalSystem, use ApplicationPoolIdentity), see here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj635855.aspx#AppPools.

For justification, see here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/510225/44169

I was experiencing the error described. I had added my app pool identity to my Report Server folder permissions, but this was being overridden by the security settings of a subfolder. I fixed this by selecting the subfolder and clicking "Revert to Parent Security Settings".