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

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
--
Larry S

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


"Larry S." <LarryS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6F81EEAB-6F32-497C-9843-24EFA59E09E9@microsoft.com...
> 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
> --
> Larry S

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.
--
Larry S


"Michael" wrote:

> 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
>
>
> "Larry S." <LarryS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6F81EEAB-6F32-497C-9843-24EFA59E09E9@microsoft.com...
> > 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
> > --
> > Larry S
>

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

"Larry S." <LarryS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5080B300-8ACC-4109-BBA5-4D95CE30D8B5@microsoft.com...
> 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.
> --
> Larry S
>
>
> "Michael" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> "Larry S." <LarryS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6F81EEAB-6F32-497C-9843-24EFA59E09E9@microsoft.com...
>> > 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
>> > --
>> > Larry S
>>

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


"Michael" wrote:

> 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
>
> "Larry S." <LarryS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5080B300-8ACC-4109-BBA5-4D95CE30D8B5@microsoft.com...
> > 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.
> > --
> > Larry S
> >
> >
> > "Michael" wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >> "Larry S." <LarryS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6F81EEAB-6F32-497C-9843-24EFA59E09E9@microsoft.com...
> >> > 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
> >> > --
> >> > Larry S
> >>
>
>