Peter J. Boettcher — Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:50:30 +0000

Having an app copy the data on a daily basis is going to be easier to mantain in the long run (you know how those network guys love to change stuff!).

Another option is to use COM+. If users are going to be logged into the system, then the COM component could be activated in their scope, so, the component has the same security access as the user. I'm not sure how this would work in a Novell environment, so I can't help you there.

mycoolross — Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:44:17 +0000

This will be an application for downloading files in a personal directory on a Novell server. My machine is running IIS and has an account on that server.

Those files are generated daily and need to reside on that server. I guess I could write some little app to copy the files from the Novell Server to My IIS Server, and then use FSO to download the files from the IIS Server.

Do you think this would be better?
Any other suggestions?

Thank you!!!!

Mike

Peter J. Boettcher — Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:19:02 +0000

Accessing network files/folders from IIS/ASP is not recommended. To get this to work you have to grant access (account must be known on the network) to the account that IIS/ASP runs under. This is a big security risk. If you're doing an Intranet application then just disable annonymous access and it won't be as big an issue.

Check out the following link for more info: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q207/6/71.ASP