Need to create IIS-USERS account in folder under My Documents!

[Guest]

I'm trying to understand more about IIS_USERS account, and I cannot locate
the information I need anywhere. On my new laptop using Vista Home Premium,
I am setting up to do a limited about of web development. I moved my primary
website to a folder on My Documents for ease of backup, but have not been
able to access the folder with localhost, getting an error 500. Apparently,
IIS sets up an IIS_USERS account in inetpub/wwwroot, but nowhere else. This
account does not appear in the control panel/user accounts area, but only
when you right click wwwroot and look at properties.

I assume that if I can create this account for the folder I keep my website
in, I would likely be able to set permissions to let localhost access it, but
I don't know if just manually creating an account by that name will work, or
if there are special attributes created by IIS. Does anyone out there know
which is the case? If it won't work to just manually create such an account,
then how can I get ISS to do it for the folder I want? Would it work to move
or copy the wwwroot directory into the documents folder, and then perhaps
rename it?

Also, is there any reason (i.e. security) why I should NOT have my website
under my documents? I am the only user on this machine, and do not want to
set it up for any outside access, even when I am on a wi-fi or local wireless
network.

Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated. Larry

 

[Michael]

On my system (vista home premium) the spelling is
IIS_IUSRS

rather than IIS_USERS


I can add that to security for \documents\pictures for instance.

Michael

 

[Guest]

OOPS! It is IIS_IUSERS on my system also. As someone very new to Vista (I'm
used to Win 2K), do you know if setting up that account on a folder within My
Documents is likely to compromise security? How can I add that folder to
security as you suggest? Thanks.

 

[Michael]

Larry,

I cannot speak to security ramifications of allowing IIS_IUSRS on a folder
within documents. I opted NOT to do that, instead I placed my little web
where the 'default' web resided (C:inetpub) as I have found that if I do
things Microsoft's way the system is generally happier, if I insist in doing
it my way life is more interesting.

Michel

OOPS! It is IIS_IUSERS on my system also. As someone very new to Vista
(I'm
used to Win 2K), do you know if setting up that account on a folder within
My
Documents is likely to compromise security? How can I add that folder to
security as you suggest? Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Microsoft does have a way of making life more "interesting", doesn't it. )