Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\HAP\app_data' is denied.

[5tu]

When browsing to MyFiles on a fresh install of HAP v8.7 I get the following error....

 

Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\HAP\app_data' is denied.

 

However I have already given my 'IIS AppPool\HAP' user modify access to this directory and setup.aspx confirms that the App_Data directory is writable.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

[5tu]

Looks like the issue is to do with the enablereadto and enablewriteto entries within the drive mappings. If I set these to 'All' it works ok.

 

%homedir%

 

Previously I had these set to enablereadto="%username%" enablewriteto="%username%" which doesn't work.

 

Is 'All' the only option?

[5tu]

Spoke too soon! When browsing to MyFiles I can now see and access my drives but I still get the error Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\HAP\app_data' is denied.

 

Edited January 17, 2013 by gybe78

[nickbro]

Check the application pool is set to HAP and that the anonymous authentication user is set to Application Pool Identity

[5tu]

Thanks for the response Nick. I've double checked these settings and they're already set as you describe.

[nickbro]

Double check that read only isn't still present.

[5tu]

Double check that read only isn't still present.

 

Although I had unticked "Read Only" on the properties of C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\HAP, it had not taken effect and kept coming back like a lost dog. Following article You cannot view or change the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, in Windows Vista or in Windows 7 I ran the command attrib -r +s c:\inetpub\wwwroot\HAP which has resolved the issue.

 

Thanks for your help.

[5tu]

@nickbro

 

Turns out users still randomly get the Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\HAP\app_data' is denied. error message, and when they do, links in the top menu bar don't work. However, refreshing the page mostly clears the error and then links in the top menu bar do work.

 

Bug or an issue for me only do you think?

 

Cheers

[nickbro]

Extremely odd, Access Denied is a very strange one being periodic, the App_Data folder is cached heavily so this shouldn't be happening