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Yep, the permissions are fine. I may have come across a fix. I manually reset the "IUSR_machinename" account password on the server and in IIS. I can now access files without getting the 401.1 error. Perhaps those passwords became out of sync? -Matt On Nov 12, 2007 4:18 PM, Surato, Michael S. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Does the account that accesses the files for the webserver have access > to the files in the directory? If you have changed the location of the > home directory, you will also have to verify that the permissions are > set correctly (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812614/). > > +-------------------------------------------+ > | Michael Surato | > | College of Arts and Letters | > | Michigan State University | > | 320 Linton Hall | > | East Lansing, MI 48824 | > | Voice: (517) 353-0778 Fax: (517) 355-0159 | > +-------------------------------------------+ > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Matthew Farra > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:50 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MSUNAG] IIS6 initial setup problems > > > We have been having issues with IIS6 on Windows Server 2003. After > adding IIS to a Server 2003 machine, accessing any web pages on the > server from a browser generates this error: > > "HTTP Error 401.1 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid > credentials." > > After a lot of searching around, it appears that IIS6 is locked down out > of the box in some way. Does anyone know how to resolve this issue? > > The 401.1 error seems to come when accessing any type of file, be it > html, asp, etc. > > Thanks, > > Matt > > -- > /-------------------/-------------------/-------------------/----------- > --------/ > Matthew Farra > IT Manager > Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services, Geography > Department > Michigan State University > email: [log in to unmask] - phone: 517.432.3720 - fax: 517.353.1821 > > -- /-------------------/-------------------/-------------------/-------------------/ Matthew Farra IT Manager Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services, Geography Department Michigan State University email: [log in to unmask] - phone: 517.432.3720 - fax: 517.353.1821