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JSI Tip 1806. What are the minimum permissions for IIS to work?

If you intend to change permissions on IIS related directories, you must grant the anonymous user, IUSR_<ComputerName>, the following:

  Directory Permissions

  Inetpub\Wwwroot
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  %SystemRoot%
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  %SystemRoot%\System32
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  %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv
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  %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv\Asp (and all subdirectories)
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  <Drive:>\Program Files\Common Files (and all subdirectories)          
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