Website IIS_IUSRS ID

Question

I am using IIS7 to host an asp.net 2.0 site. However, whenever I look at it, I get an error message

The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid. 

Now I understand that this is due to the fact that IIS_IUSRS does not have access to web.config. My question is how can I provide access to IIS_IUSRS

When I look in the application bar and check Identity. He shows

 ApplicationPoolIdentity(default), LocalService, LocalUser and Network Service 

However, I can not find IIS_IUSRS

Where will i find him

Answer 1

IIS_IUSRS is actually a Windows group, so you won’t find it in application pools in IIS.

If you need to provide access to this group, then you need to do this through the file system, for example. you can go to the folder where you deployed the ASP.NET application and grant permissions to the group: