We have a really strange issue here and I was hoping to get some assistant from the forums.
We currently have a directory on our Windows Server 2003 mapped as a virtual directory in IIS6.0. The permissions for all files in this folder are the same. We are using VB to check for the existence of a filename. When the check is run, approximately 50% of the files show up as DOES NOT EXIST. I have verified that the permissions on the files that show up are the same as the permissions on the files that do not. I have copied all the files to a new folder and the issue is still there.
ASP.NET is running as NETWORK SERVICE. When I give NETWORK SERVICE permission to read the folder, it sees 100% of the files, but when I remove NETWORK SERVICE from the folder permissions, it drops back to 50%.
Has anyone else every run across this problem? This was a first step in securing certain folders on our server and we will be securing others. I am hopin ...
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