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    Hey friends.

    First attempt on installing DNN on windows server 2022 (on my first windows server install at home). Somehow a lot seems different from windows 11 in terms of file permissions and I'm getting a lot of issues on a restored install.

    I have a drive/DNN folder with /Website and /Database folders. So:

    c:/
    d:/
    ------ MyProjectName
    ----------------- Databases
    --------------------------------- something.mdf
    --------------------------------- something.ldf
    --------------------------------- somethingelse.mdf
    --------------------------------- somethingelse.ldf
    ----------------- Website
    --------------------------------- admin
    --------------------------------- 403-3.gif

    As soon as I accessed the site, I got a lot of issues, including files not changing or saving, so I forced the app pool user into all Website files, and everything seemed to be working.

    However, security module is clearly no happy with my lax permissions and reports:
    D:\MyProjectName - Read:Y, Write:Y, Create:Y, Delete:N,D:\ - Read:Y, Write:Y, Create:Y, Delete:N,C:\ - Read:Y, Write:Y, Create:Y, Delete:N

    Also:
    Current SQL Server account can execute xp_dirtree which can see the server's folders structure.,Current SQL Server account can execute xp_fileexist which can detect whether files exist on server.

    Can anyone share a proper structure permission for these three folder levels and files? I only use a local admin account, the iis app pool user, and sql server 2022.

    Also, what permissions should I give the app pool user in sql server? Clearly not dbo. Should I create a new user and specify a login instead of using integrated autentication?

    Thanks.






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      Ok. Sql server issue solved by creating a new user with dbo but no sysadmin.
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