Dropbox Local Site Using IIS

Question

I am trying to use my local website in Dropbox using IIS. When I add the Dropbox directory, I get an error: the server is configured to use pass-through authentication with a built-in account to access the specified physical path. However, IIS Manager cannot verify that it has access to the built-in account. Verify that the application pool identifier has read access to the physical path. If this server is joined to a domain and the application pool identifier is NetworkService or LocalSystem, make sure that \ $ has read access to the physical path.

I am an administrator and have allowed all access to the Dropbox folder. What's wrong?

Answer 1

You must add the IIS user account to the list of users who are allowed to view / read files. For security reasons, IIS usually starts through a separate user account. This is done as follows:

• Right-click your site’s folder in Dropbox
• Select "Security"
• Click Add
• Find IUSR user and / or group IIS_IUSRS
• Add both of them (or one if only one is present) and assign them read permissions
• Try adding the folder of your site again.

This should fix the problem.