If you need to find out more details about a 500 error (it could be
something more than a file permission problem) put a copy of
500-100.asp (from the \winnt\help\iishelp\common directory) into the
root of your site.

Under the custom errors for the site change the 500 error to URL and
type /500-100.asp for the URL.

Hope this helps.

Jools

On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:55:54 -0500, you wrote:

>Hello,
> I have a document I've built over the years about securing IIS/5,
>with regards to permissions, etc right down to the file level. This often
>works, except when I get that pesky ASP engine involved. I'm sick of
>HTTP/500 errors! I know for a fact the error is with file permissions, but
>I can't pin-point which file(s) are causing it. I've had the dllhost.exe
>keep getting "ACCESS DENIED" (Using NTFileMon from sysinternals.com) on
>C:\winnt\system32\<some_file> but...the permissions on that
>file/folder/whatever are IUSR/IWAM/SYSTEM (RWX).
>
> Bottom line, does anyone have a definitive "baseline IIS/5 w/ASP"
>security document done I could look over? Just curious - dying to know what
>I'm missing.
>
>?Ralph

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