access denied error with response.writefile of UNC file in IIS7. Bug?

probably i'm in the wrong place, but there's not a place. I'm moving applications from IIS6 to IIS7.5 (win 7 an win server 2008 r2), when 2 applications (with identity impersonate) try to get a file with response.writefile only from a UNC path i'll get "access denied". In IIS6 and Visual Studio Developer Web Server, same code works. I can save file with FilePath.SaveAs and get name and length with FileInfo, but not download. After 2 days of nightmares I have tried to change Response.WriteFile(filePath)  to Response.BinaryWrite(File.ReadAllBytes(filePath)) and now work. My question is: can I have a microsoft developer to sacrificate for my avenge ????? :)

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• Re: access denied error with response.writefile of UNC file in IIS7. Bug?

  03-09-2010, 12:37 AM

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  28,227 point All-Star Jerry Weng - MSFT Member since 10-26-2009, 2:14 AM Shanghai Posts 3,446

  Hi, I test "Response.WriteFile" with my IIS7.5 server and write the file with UNC path. But I did not get your error. Maybe it is a configuration mistake for you. Here I post my steps for the testing demo. Step 1, Add a ASP.NET Website or ASP.NET Web Application, and create an empty page. The markups in "default.aspx" leave it default, the codes in "default.aspx.cs" are wriiten as below. view plain copy to clipboard print ? public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page        {            protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)            {                Response.WriteFile("jerrywengpc//TDdownload//abc.txt");            }        }   public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { Response.WriteFile("jerrywengpc//TDdownload//abc.txt"); } } Step 2, Modify the web.config for ASP.NET 4.0. view plain copy to clipboard print ? <configuration>     <connectionStrings />        <system.web>       <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />          <authentication mode="Windows">       </authentication>       <pages controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="3.5"></pages>       <customErrors mode="Off"/>        </system.web>        <system.webServer>            </system.webServer>   </configuration>   <configuration> <connectionStrings /> <system.web> <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" /> <authentication mode="Windows"> </authentication> <pages controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="3.5"></pages> <customErrors mode="Off"/> </system.web> <system.webServer> </system.webServer> </configuration> Step 3, Publish the web application or web site to one directory on your server. Step 4, Create a web site and deploy your application there. Step 5, Use ASP.NET IIS Registration Tool (Aspnet_regiis.exe), and run this line with it:                        aspnet_regiis.exe -r Step 6, Test your site. Jerry Weng - MSFT Please mark the replies as answers if they help or unmark if not. Feedback to us Microsoft One Code Framework