ISS Server Setup

[zucciltd]

Hey Guys,
We've just got a dedicated server with UKFast on the guarantee Actinic would work with the server. We've tried everything and we just cant get it working, we can only really change over to the new server on a Sunday (the only day we're not mega busy) but when we phone them for support they only have linux server people to hand!
Anyone got any experience with UKFast or setting up a Windows IIS server?
I've followed the guide in the User guide as best I can but UKFast say Windows wont accept the permissions for the cgi-bin
Any help is appreciated!

[RuralWeb]

Lots of info on the forum but generally actinic does have problems running on a windows server - I always use linux

[Bruce]

Hi There,

The cgi-bin directory has to exist on two levels:
1.The physical level – actually on the hard disk.
2.The Virtual level – within IIS.

Please check if you have the following ....

NTFS permissions for the cgi-bin directory have to also be set up.
Open up Windows Explorer and drill down to the cgi-bin directory, right click on it and select Properties:


The cgi-bin Properties window is displayed:


Select the Security tab:

Highlight the Everyone User:

Check the following Allow Permissions:
Read & Execute
List Folder Contents
Read
Uncheck:
Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object.
FTP User

Because the Everyone User permissions have been restricted it is necessary to give the user that will be used to ftp the files to the server write access to the cgi-bin directory.
Click on the Add button and select the appropriate user:


Click OK.


The following permissions should be checked for the ftp User:
Modify
Read & Execute
List Folder Contents
Read
Write

Click on Apply and then OK to exit cgi-bin Properties window.


Kind regards,