asp.net security

[john]

I am trying to use the excel.application object from within a asp.net page.
I keep getting access denied on the <machinename>/aspnet account. I have
added this user to every security group on the machine (Adminstrators,
<machinename>/Admins, <machinename>/Authors etc.) as the asp.net error
message suggests.

Why do I keep getting this security error? I am the administrator on the
box.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hey John,

You might want to try this to see if it gets things moving...

In IIS, disable anonymous access and enable Windows integrated authentication.

In your web.config, use impersonation:

<identity impersonate="true" />

This should tell ASPNET to use your authentication when it needs a resource.

It may be that some tasks are still using the IUSR_<machinename> account.

Ken
MVP [ASP.NET]


I am trying to use the excel.application object from within a asp.net page.
I keep getting access denied on the <machinename>/aspnet account. I have
added this user to every security group on the machine (Adminstrators,
<machinename>/Admins, <machinename>/Authors etc.) as the asp.net error
message suggests.

Why do I keep getting this security error? I am the administrator on the
box.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[David Pretorius]

How does that work in XP

I remember when i first started playing with vb 6.0, i had to play with
dcomcnfg. I am trying to run winfax pro and outlook applications

Regards

When faced with the same problem I simply gave the aspnet account specific
permissions to start and run excel. Go to dcomcnfg-> dcom setup-> Microsoft
Excel -> properties -> Security Tab -> add startup and access permissions
for the asp_net account.

Hey John,

You might want to try this to see if it gets things moving...

In IIS, disable anonymous access and enable Windows integrated authentication.

In your web.config, use impersonation:

<identity impersonate="true" />

This should tell ASPNET to use your authentication when it needs a resource.

It may be that some tasks are still using the IUSR_<machinename> account.

Ken
MVP [ASP.NET]


I am trying to use the excel.application object from within a asp.net page.
I keep getting access denied on the <machinename>/aspnet account. I have
added this user to every security group on the machine (Adminstrators,
<machinename>/Admins, <machinename>/Authors etc.) as the asp.net error
message suggests.

Why do I keep getting this security error? I am the administrator on the
box.

Any help would be appreciated.