MailSite Knowledge Base
Recommended Permissions for MailSite ExpressPro
Document #:10443
Applies To:
- MailSite
8.x
- ExpressPro
8.x
- Express
8.x
Synopsis: This document details the suggested permissions and account settings for MailSite ExpressPro
More Information: ExpressPro NT account impersonation
By default ExpressPro will run the local MSIISUSER account or the service account you entered during the install process. Should you wish to use a different account you will need to change the user name and password in the following places:
Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows 2003 running in IIS5 isolation mode
- The anonymous user impersonation setting on the ExpressPro virtual directory (accessed via the Directory Security properties tab).
- The anonymous user impersonation setting on the WebCal virtual directory.
- The anonymous user impersonation setting on the WSS virtual directory.
- The impersonation settings in the MailSite\ExpressPro\Web\web.config file. by default these will look like:
<identity impersonate="true" userName="registry:HKLM\SOFTWARE\Rockliffe\MailSite\ExpressPro\identity\ASPNET_SETREG,userName" password="registry:HKLM\SOFTWARE\Rockliffe\MailSite\ExpressPro\identity\ASPNET_SETREG,password" />
And need changing to:
<identity impersonate="true" userName="DOMAIN\USER" password="PASSWORD" />
- The impersonation settings in the MailSite\ExpressPro\WebCal\web.config file.
- The impersonation settings in the MailSite\ExpressPro\WSS\web.config file.
Windows 2003
- The anonymous user impersonation setting on the ExpressPro virtual directory (accessed via the Directory Security properties tab).
- The anonymous user impersonation setting on the WebCal virtual directory.
- The anonymous user impersonation setting on the WSS virtual directory.
- The impersonation account of the ExpressPro application pool. (The application pool is located in IIS under 'Application Pools'. The account settings are found on the 'Identity' properties tab.)
- The user also needs to be made a member of the IIS_WPG NT users group on the local machine.
ExpressPro User Permissions
The user that ExpressPro runs as needs to have the following file permissions:
- Full Control on the BOX directory.
- Modify Control on the 'MailSite\ExpressPro' directory, sub-folders and files.
- Modify Control on the 'MailSite\Timezones' directory and sub-files.
- Modify Control on the SPOOL directory.
- Modify Control on the '%WINDIR% \Temp' directory.
- Modify Control on the '%WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files' directory
Related:
See these other knowledge base documents:
Last revised 2007-8-10
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