ACC97: Permissions Necessary to View HTML, IDC, and ASP Files

ID: Q162975

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SUMMARY

You will not be able to view HTML, IDC, or ASP files exported from Microsoft Access 97 if the required WWW Directory Access permissions are not set on your Internet Server. This article is an overview of the Internet Server WWW Directory Access permissions necessary to view HTML, IDC, and ASP files in a Web browser.


MORE INFORMATION

The following are excerpts from Chapter 5 of the online IIS Installation and Administration Guide, which is installed along with IIS:

Read permission enables Web clients to read or download files stored in a home directory or a virtual directory. If a client sends a request for a file that is in a directory without Read permission, the Web server returns an error. Generally, you should give directories containing information to publish (HTML files, for example) Read permission. You should disable Read permission for directories containing Common Gateway Interface (CGI) applications and Internet Server Application Program Interface (ISAPI) DLLs to prevent clients from downloading the application files.

Execute permission enables a Web client to run programs and scripts stored in a home directory or a virtual directory. If a client sends a request to run a program or a script in a folder that does not have Execute permission, the Web server returns an error. For security purposes, do not give content folders Execute permission.

Please refer to your online IIS Help Topics for detailed information on configuring Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) permissions and securing your Web site.

HTML files require WWW Read permissions. IDC/HTX and ASP files require WWW Execute permissions.

When exporting parameter queries to IDC/HTX or ASP formats, an HTML file is created along with the IDC/HTX or ASP files. All the files may be copied to a folder on your Internet Server that has both Read and Execute permissions. However, for security purposes, it is recommended that IDC/HTX and ASP files be placed in a folder with Execute permission only and that HTML files be placed in a folder with Read permission only.

NOTE: This issue is not specific to a single Internet server


REFERENCES

For more information about permissions necessary for IDC/HTX files, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q160754 Error "HTTP/1.0 403 Access Forbidden" Browsing IDC Page

For more information about Windows NT permissions, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161333 Check NT Permissions When Using IDC/ASP Files with Access 


Keywords          : kbinterop NpdOthr WzOthr IntAsp 
Version           : 97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 15, 1999