IIS security settings/disk permissions

[talwar_]

Recently we had to configure IIS and windows user accounts manually to make sites work. This is because all were asking for authentication after we had run the disk permissions fix in the plesk reconfigurator.

While sites are accessible webstats are not behaving correctly for most - giving "Access denied to to invalid credentials" even though iis and folder security has looks fine. Have tried manually setting up the permissions on the virtual directory and the <domain.name>\statistics folder but this is not always working. Creating a new domain in plesk giving the same problem for webstats.

i have read that the following might work to synchronise everything again:

1. websrvmng.exe --reconfigure-all (to fix IIS)
2. Run disk permissions fix in reconfigurator

i have two questions:

1. will the above actions synchronise IIS and folder security settings?
2. where is the documentation for all the plesk admin executables? i have been struggling to find it.

 

[JackL]

I think one of Plesk ISAPI filters is missing. Check this one:
IIS->WebSites->troubleshoot domain->right click properties-ISAPI->check is there urlprotect extension (for that domains where you've assigned password protect access to statistic)
If no click add -> type name urlprotect->click browse or type in following text adjust it to server configuration:
C:\Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\isapi\urlprotect.dll

John S.G.

 

[talwar_]

Hi JackL,

thanks for the reply. I should have specified that the webstats for the domains in question do NOT have password protection set in Plesk Administrator.

We have chosen to leave this off for some clients so they can access the stats directly. When i turn this on in plesk it works fine, and asks for the username and password.

However if i turn it back off im getting the same "invalid credentials" error.