Maybe I am having so much trouble because of permissions. I have access to the NT server, and when I go to the IIS management console, I see that the permissions for the cgi-bin are for administrator, everyone, iusr, and iwam -- all set to read & add. Is there something else I should do?

I get errors like:

Error Message : unable to open log file: C:/InetPub/wwwroot/cgi-bin/dbman/email/default.log. Reason: Permission denied

Or is the error in the default.cfg file. I have @auth_default_permissions = (1,1,1,1,0); and $auth_allow_default = 0;
and default.pass has # UserID : Password : View : Add : Del : Mod: Admin
admin:A.f0Kvdiyy8q2:1:1:1:1:1
author:zs047RckAhJH6:1:1:1:1:0
guest:ZX9XTlIfPvdGE:1:0:0:0:0

When I went back to the tutorial, and did what it said, I still would get a Permission denied error when I tried to go to set permissions.

Thanks for your help.

Martha

You need to go to your NT Explorer, NOT the MMC. In the NT Explorer, go to the DBMAN directory, then follow these instructions:

1) Right click on the file you want to change permissions.

2) Then click on the Security tab.

3) Click on the Permission button.

4) Then set the following permissions for the following users for the following files and directories:

db.cgi

IWAM\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write, Execute
IUSR\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Execute
Everyone: Read, Execute

default.log

IWAM\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write
IUSR\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write
Everyone: Read, Write

default.pass

IWAM\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write
IUSR\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write
Everyone: Read, Write

default.db

IWAM\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write
IUSR\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write
Everyone: Read, Write

default.count

IWAM\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write
IUSR\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write
Everyone: Read, Write

auth directory

IWAM\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write
IUSR\MACHINE_NAME : Read, Write
Everyone: Read, Write

4) Click on OK button after you change permissions of each of these files.

I really need to add this as a FAQ in the Resource Center. I have written this about ten times in the last three months.



Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
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Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

Also, if you have a minute, look at http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi

I can't get anywhere there either. I get this error:Error Message : unable to open: C:/InetPub/wwwroot/cgi-bin/dbman/default.pass

If I choose, for instance, modify, it will let me look at the records, but it won't let me set permissions.

Thanks,

M.

Please read my posting! It outlines what you need to do in order to change file and directoy permissions.

Regards.

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
==========================
Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

Thank you for helping me with this. I think our messages must have crossed, because I had not gotten your instructions on permissions when I sent the other request. Also, some of the confusion is that setting permissions in NT is not straightforward. You have to either go to Special Access or double click on the user/group to get to Read/Write access. You might want to include that in the FAQ.

M.

What version of NT are you running? The instructions I gave are for NT 4.0. If you are running an earlier version of NT, then there are subtle differences. But the concepts of changing file and directory permissions are the SAME.



Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
==========================
Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

[This message has been edited by Eliot (edited September 13, 1999).]