Folder share – 500 – Internal server error

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Hi all,

I decided to share the c:\skyline dataminer folder of a DMA with a user. However since that action, none of the web pages are still accessible as a 500 - Internal server error is returned.

Is there any way of correcting this situation easily? Tried the configureIIS and DMA upgrade, but no luck so far.

Thanks

Leander Druwel [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Selected answer as best 25th June 2024
Simon Mestdagh [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] commented

Hi Leander,

Because you’ve shared your ‘skyline dataminer’ folder with a user, the permissions of iis were also changed. To fix this issue you should give iis permissions to the ‘skyline dataminer’ folder (right click on the folder, properties > security tab > add, add `IUSR` or `IIS_IUSRS`).

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Sharing a folder will replace the security settings recursively of every child folder and every file, so existing settings get overwritten. This could lead to IIS having no access anymore to the webpages folder and also other folders where our web applications store files.

I think the easiest way to fix this is by giving full access to the "IIS_IUSRS" group in the security of the "C:\Skyline DataMiner" folder.

Leander Druwel [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Selected answer as best 25th June 2024