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How can I adjust group permissions in Computer Management to allow a user to access the wwwroot folder from another computer on the network?

As of now, the only way I have been able to give the user permissions is by adding them to the Administrators group. What group do I need to add the user to in order to allow them to access, read/write files in the wwwroot folder without giving them administrator access?

The user will be accessing it through Windows 7 and/or Windows 10

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    The problem here is not share permissions of group policy, but filesystem permissions on c:\inetpub. grant the user access to the folder locally, and then attempt to share it. Share permissions stack on top of disk permissions so a share to a point on disk that the user does not have access to will be inaccessible. the user must be allowed both to the share and to the folder.
    – Frank Thomas
    Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 20:08
  • Well, I see that the security settings of the folder have permissions for the Users group, and within the Users group, our NET\Domain Users is a member, and that user is a part of that Domain Users group. So shouldn't it work?
    – Adjit
    Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 20:14
  • were those permissions propagated to the sub-directories? usually that configuration would not be automatically inherited.
    – Frank Thomas
    Commented Jun 23, 2016 at 5:31

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You can change the permissions of almost any folder in Windows... just right click and click "share". Follow the sharing wizard and add the user to have read/write permissions... they can then open/map as desired...

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  • Well I appreciate this, but that just screwed up my webserver.
    – Adjit
    Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 21:11
  • Give more detail of the fault rather than a go at someone trying to help you...
    – Kinnectus
    Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 21:17
  • Wasn't having a go, this was on a live site. But whatever it was, when I added the user to permissions I got a 401 Error, so I removed the users permissions then it changed to a 500 error. Turns out that removed permissions to access the website...
    – Adjit
    Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 21:21
  • Argh, it seems the sharing wizard overwrites some of the original permissions. There are resources that allow you to re-add the required permissions and get it back up. Google "share wwwroot 401" and there's some resources that can help restore the permissions - sorry! The next method to add users is from the "Security" tab in the folder properties.
    – Kinnectus
    Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 21:25
  • Thanks, yeah got it fixed up. I think I'm done playing around for the day though lol
    – Adjit
    Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 21:27

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