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iis7 website set up

Hi,

I've done this a few times in IIS 6 but never on IIS 7 so I'm having a bit of trouble...

To create a website on IIS 7, do I create a website or an application?

Also, what goes on the bindings (host name, ip address)?

I want www.whatever.com to point to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\whatever

so far I got www.whatever.com to point to C:\inetpub\wwwroot, but I can't figure out how to make it point to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\whatever.

EDIT: ok, I managed to point the site to the right folder. now I get this error:

403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

Thanks

A: 

You need to allow the ASPNET internet guest account (or whatever anonymous access account you use) access to the folder. Edit the security permissions and make sure to replace all children permissions.

Matt  2010-10-18 18:08:50
hmm not sure I follow you. How do I set that up?
 2010-10-18 18:11:50
Take a look at this article. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731244(WS.10).aspxFirst setup the IUSR account access the website in IIS, then make sure that account has read (and write if needed) to the website directory.
Matt  2010-10-18 18:20:09
A: 

I answered a question some time ago that might help you out:

HTTP Error 401.1 - Unauthorized from Local IIS

Kev  2010-10-18 19:33:36

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