Jim
> Actually, its better this way.
>
> Just to keep the permissions separate, create a user ID which will
> only be used for the purpose of access "virtual directories" on
> another machine. Make sure its a domain user id, not a local user
> id. For discussion lets call it "INETServer"
>
> On the machine where the directory actually resides, share the
> directory and give "INETServer" access to the share (full control at
> this level).
>
> Set the access permissions for the directory appropriately. Unless
> you're writing to the directory (say from a CGI script or ISAPI DLL)
> I'd recommend giving "INETServer" only Read and Execute permissions,
> but if you're writing to it give it Read, Write, Execute, and
> Delete. Then give the IIS anonymous user (IUSR_servername) Read and
> Execute to both the share and the directory.
>
> Now configure IIS for the virtual directory, and specify the shared
> directory by its UNC (NOT by a mapped drive letter) e.g.
> \\MyOtherServer\FredsWebRoot. When you do this, IIS Manager opens
> up another pair of fields for you to specify the userID and password
> to be used to access the share, Enter "INETServer" and its
> password.
>
> Stop and restart IIS to make sure it picks up the permissions
> correctly, and check to make sure there are no errors. You should
> be good to go at this point.
>
>
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> > >I try to map a virtual directory which is on another server and I
> > > consistently get an Access Denied error. It doesn't matter which
> > >box or drive or folder that I try to map to, I get the same
> > >message. FAT or NTFS makes no difference.
> > >
> > >The only virtuals that I can successfully map are on the same
> > >machine as IIS.
> >
> > Correct. What user is the IIS service running as? Remember,
> > SERVICES
> do
> > not have access to the mapped drives that logged-on users do,
> > unless you really tweak the config. I'm not SURE about this, but
> > you may be able
> to
> > have IIS run as a specific user in the domain, and then refer to
> > the
> remote
> > drives by server name, so long as that user has access to log onto
> > THAT
> box
> > and that directory.
> >
>
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