Access is denied to Web.config

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i have one application developed in asp.net 2.0 in which i developed one form which encrypts and decrypts web.confog connection strings using ASP classes.it works fine in testing envoirement but it gives this error "" while using in production server.On Production server we have given Read/Write permissions to "EveryOne" user for this file but still its causing this issue.
Any guidlines?

Posted 11-Mar-10 3:03am

usmanmughal

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Not Active · Answer 1 · 2010-03-11T08:24:00

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You must ensure the IIS_User aacount has access to any files, not the everyone user. This should have been set already when IIS was installed so you may have another issue, however without knowing what error you are actually getting it's difficult to tell

Posted 11-Mar-10 8:24am

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