PRB: Failed to Deploy a File (Xx.asp): You Do Not Have Write Access to Destination URL

ID: Q220841

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SYMPTOMS

When deploying Web Content, Controls, and Applets with the Visual InterDev 6.0 Deployment Explorer, you may receive the following error in the Task List:

Failed to deploy a file (C:\TEMP\_ScriptLibrary\ADOUTILS.ASP): The Web server returned the following error: You do not have write access to destination URL http://<remote server>/<application name>/_ScriptLibrary


CAUSE

Write permissions have not been enabled for the target directory.


RESOLUTION

You will need to temporarily enable write permissions on the remote server using the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). To do this complete the following steps:

  1. Start the Internet Service Manager in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and right-click on the Web application you are deploying to and select Properties.


  2. In the Access Permissions section of the Directory Properties page turn on Write permissions.


  3. Click OK to apply these permissions.


NOTE: Allowing write access to a virtual directory is a SECURITY RISK. You should remove write access after deploying your content.


STATUS

This behavior is by design.


REFERENCES

More information on the Visual InterDev Deployment feature can be found in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q219050 HOWTO: Deploy Web Applications with Visual InterDev 6.0

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbDeployment kbExtension kbFrontPage kbServer kbVisID600 kbWebServer kbGrpASP kbFrontPageX 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 9, 1999