The anonymous user account probably doesn't have access. Create the same
account and password on the remote server and make sure it has NTFS
permissions to the files.
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"Guy Bowden" <guy.TakeThisOut@holler.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5f3f4973.0309160230.51318ff5@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a simple problem:
>
> I'm trying to have one machine serve web pages residing on a different
> machine.
>
> I set the home directory to \\server\share and the user i use to
> access the share has the correct permissions. I can see in the MMC
> the files that reside in that share, however when i view the site
> through IE i get a username/password box. If I change the user i use
> to login to the share to the domain administrator, I can get in. If i
> change it to my username (an administrator also) i can get in. If I
> set my webuser permissions exactly the same as mine or the domain
> admin i still can't get in.
>
> Does anyone have any possible / probable solutions to this as I really
> can't see what the reason is!
>
> Cheers
> Guy<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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