Where is KB article for Access to the path C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary AS

[Siegfried Heintze]

I believe it is necessary to grant my FTP account access to Access to the
path "C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET
Files/root/" if I want to access DLLs or MSAccess databases in my ASP.NET
application. Is this documented in a KB article somewhere?

Since third party hosting services are reluctant to grant me such access, it
would help if I could point them to something on the official MS web site
that confirms my verbal explanations.

Thanks,
Siegfried

 

[Bruce Barker]

its not necessary. asp.net will shadow copy all dll's from your bin to the
temp. to find the accessdb, use server.mappath

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

 

[Jason Kester]

Actually, all the documentation you need is contained in the error
message. You personally never need to touch that folder. Only the
ASPNET account needs access to it, and if you're using shared hosting
you can be assured that they will set it up for you.

Jason Kester
Expat Software Consulting Services
http://www.expatsoftware.com/

 

[Siegfried Heintze]

Well, OK. The error message says:
"C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET
Files/root/" access denied." when I try to open an MSAccess database.

I wish I had the stack trace handy. So what do I do when I get this
error message? I know one thing that works: grant access to that
directory! It is just difficult to convince third party hosting services
to do this because they are concerned that this is a security
compromise.

But are you telling me there is a better solution?

Siegfried

 

[Jason Kester]

Exactly

If you have a shared ASP.NET hosting provider that refuses to grant the
ASPNET account the privileges it needs to function, I'd suggest you
drop them. That's what that account is for. That's basically ALL it
needs access to!

Jason Kester
Expat Software Consulting Services
http://www.expatsoftware.com/