Granting access to IIS 7.5 ApplicationPoolIdentity [duplicate]

Question

When I try to access my ASP.NET MVC application I get the error:

Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\website\bin\test.Platform.Config.xml' is denied

I run IIS 7.5 with an application pool that has the property:

Identity: ApplicationPoolIdentity

I imagine it is because the 'ApplicationPoolIdentity' cannot read the file I try to access. So my question is: Since the 'ApplicationPoolIdentity' is not a system user, which user or group do I need to grant further access in order to allow the 'ApplicationPoolIdentity' to read the file?

Or is there some other explanation for this authorization problem?

Mump

The procedure is the same as IIS7: https://mcmap.net/q/54843/-iis7-permissions-overview-applicationpoolidentity – Blackmarket

Answer 1

Ok I have the solution:

When using "ApplicationPoolIdentity" with IIS 7.5 the corresponding user is (a virtual system user):

"IIS AppPool\<AppPoolName>"

You can grant this user permissions and check security setting by searching for this user. See the full explanation here:

http://www.iis.net/learn/manage/configuring-security/application-pool-identities

Mump

How to force this changes to be applied? I made this and still no effect. – Deadhead

Same, this is horribly frustrating. I've done everything Microsoft said to do and I still get a warning on Authorization. – Littleton

From the File Explorer's Security tab, when searching for the app pool user to add, I had to change the From this location field from the domain directory to the local machine name. This answer helped me to realize that so thanks! – Silvia