Writing to a file

9 Dec 2005 6:02 PM

jennifer1970

I've got some code that uses FileSystem object to write to a file. I
am getting an error message that says:

Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.

This doesn't make a lot of sense to me, because I have full permissions
to the folder I am trying to write to.

Code is:

If fso.FileExists(sHdrFilNm) Then
    HdrFil = fso.OpenTextFile(sHdrFilNm, 2)
Else
    HdrFil = fso.CreateTextFile(sHdrFilNm, True)
    HdrFil.Close()
    HdrFil = fso.OpenTextFile(sHdrFilNm, 2)
End If

It is failing on "HdrFil = fso.CreateTextFile(sHdrFilNm, True)"

I would assume that the asp page is using my username since it is
running on my computer. Would this not be the case? If not, then why
not?

Thanks,
Jennife

9 Dec 2005 6:09 PM

Kevin Spencer

Why are using a COM component in a .Net application when you can use the
System.IO namespace instead?

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
You can lead a fish to a bicycle,
but you can't make it stink.

<jennifer1***@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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news:1134151373.636284.18620@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I've got some code that uses FileSystem object to write to a file. I
> am getting an error message that says:
>
> Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
>
> This doesn't make a lot of sense to me, because I have full permissions
> to the folder I am trying to write to.
>
> Code is:
>
> If fso.FileExists(sHdrFilNm) Then
>    HdrFil = fso.OpenTextFile(sHdrFilNm, 2)
> Else
>    HdrFil = fso.CreateTextFile(sHdrFilNm, True)
>    HdrFil.Close()
>    HdrFil = fso.OpenTextFile(sHdrFilNm, 2)
> End If
>
> It is failing on "HdrFil = fso.CreateTextFile(sHdrFilNm, True)"
>
> I would assume that the asp page is using my username since it is
> running on my computer. Would this not be the case? If not, then why
> not?
>
> Thanks,
> Jennife
>

9 Dec 2005 8:31 PM

jennifer1970

Because...it was a VB6 application that I converted to .NET. I was
just trying to make it work without spending too much time on what was
in it. Bad of me, I'm sure. :)

9 Dec 2005 6:48 PM

Peter Rilling

Unless you have told it otherwise, it is using the account designated to
IIS, regardless what the machine it is running on.

IIS 5 uses the ASPNET account while IIS 6 uses the Network Service account
by default.

Even if you have turned anonymous off, it may still use these accounts
unless you have specified delegation to happen.

<jennifer1***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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news:1134151373.636284.18620@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I've got some code that uses FileSystem object to write to a file. I
> am getting an error message that says:
>
> Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
>
> This doesn't make a lot of sense to me, because I have full permissions
> to the folder I am trying to write to.
>
> Code is:
>
> If fso.FileExists(sHdrFilNm) Then
>    HdrFil = fso.OpenTextFile(sHdrFilNm, 2)
> Else
>    HdrFil = fso.CreateTextFile(sHdrFilNm, True)
>    HdrFil.Close()
>    HdrFil = fso.OpenTextFile(sHdrFilNm, 2)
> End If
>
> It is failing on "HdrFil = fso.CreateTextFile(sHdrFilNm, True)"
>
> I would assume that the asp page is using my username since it is
> running on my computer. Would this not be the case? If not, then why
> not?
>
> Thanks,
> Jennife
>

9 Dec 2005 8:32 PM

jennifer1970

Thank you!