Hello all,

I have a basic problem with accessing Active Directory. I think I am missing something very basic.

I have copied the following code into a project:

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    Function VirDirExists(ByVal IISPath As String) As Boolean
        Try
            Dim oDE As System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
            oDE = New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
            Return oDE.Exists(IISPath)
        Catch
            Label1.Text = Label1.Text & "VirDirExists Failure: " & Err.Description
        End Try
    End Function

    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        Dim sIISPath As String
        sIISPath = "IIS:\\localhost\W3SVC\1\Root"

        VirDirExists(sIISPath)

    End Sub

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The message shows "access denied". I don't understand what permissions the system is using. I have played with many settings but I don't know technically what's goin on.

Cheers!

Hey bubmachine, I had an issue like this attempting to delete files using a web interface. What I ended up doing was setting my login name and my machine name to 'Modify' permission this fixed the issue.

also check ASP.NET Machine Account user and change the roles to 'Modify'.
HTH.

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Mehdi.