Question

I’m trying to write a log file from an ASP.NET application under IIS7, but keep getting the following exception:

UnauthorizedAccessException ‘Access to the path ‘C:\Users\Brady\Exports’ is denied.’

I have given write access to the iis_iusrs, iis_wpg, and aspnet users, based on various advices found by Google, but still get the error. Can someone please explain how I can create a log file in that directory, or, will creating a log directory under the web application itself automatically allow writing the file, and is this not perhaps a better solution?

Answer 1

You need to grant permission to one of the following accounts

ASPNET - Win XP and Win 2000 NETWORK SERVICE - Win Vista and 2003 

These are the defaults, if the application pool has been configured for a different process account then you would need to work with that specific account.