I wrote a code to read from a file(Polls.config).Locally no problem occured but after uploading the project to the web a dialog appeared asking me for the UserName and Password and when I click Cancel Button the following error occur:
Access to the path "C:\Sites\Single25\nabeel1eagle\webroot\Administra torSite\Polls.config" is denied.
Please..could any one help?

This is an NTFS security issue. The user (normally ASPNET if using WinXP,or Network Service is using Win 2003) who runs your website doesn't have Windows permission to read the file.

Is this because it is a (.config) file.I made this file in the same way the book did.

I have uploaded my project to a Web Hosting service server so should I ask them to make the file readable for ASP.NET users?

I found the solution in one of the previous topics it was:

FileStream fs=new FileStream(filename,FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read) ;

It was your reply too.Thank you very much for helping the whole forum members.:)

That works for reading, but you still need an NTFS adjustment if you want to write to a file, like a log file, for example.

How do you log errors? Most hosting companies don't let you use the Windows event log on a hosted server. That's why I use a log file.

Eric