Well, how bizarre!
This is just an FYI for anyone interested.
As suggested by Nello, I tried to login as IUSR_xxx only to discover
that I didn't actually know the password. So, I manually set the
password for the IUSER_xxx user and then modified the web server
Anonymous account with the new password.
I then logged in as IUSR_xxx (now knowing the password) and tried
running the CGI applications manually - they worked fine. Then, just
out of curiosity, I stopped the applications and got IIS to start them
itself by using the web interface - it worked! I was amazed!
So, I tried a few more tests and they all worked, with IIS starting the
CGI applications.
I don't really know what was done differently, apart from changing the
password on the anonymous user account, but it's all working now.
Thanks to everyone who has offered suggestions here.
Regards,
Bevan
Nello Sestini wrote:
>
> Bevan
>
> > The search continues.... :)
>
> did you nail this one yet?
>
> if not here is another partially formed dim idea:
>
> this problem has the odd feature that running
> the programs first interactively as administrator
> "latches" things so that they'll work.
>
> is it possible that running the app from a logged
> on session loads different DLLs than running
> it via IIS impersonating the IUSR_ anonymous
> user?
>
> some kind of difference in "path" so that the
> "first" load of the app determines which DLLs
> you get? And once they're loaded, subsequent
> loads reuse the already loaded ones?
>
> it's not obvious to me what "DLL path" is in
> effect when IIS runs an application - it doesn't
> actually "log on" as the IUSR_ user - I think
> it just uses it's ACL to access stuff.
>
> i'd be tempted to try a few tests - like:
>
> 1. does running the app interactively first
> (as IUSR_xxx instead of administrator) ALSO
> "fix" the problem?
>
> 2. does changing the anonymous IIS user
> to "administrator" (temporarily - just as
> a test not forever) continue to fail in
> same way?
>
> sorry this isn't a more coherent attack ...
>
> -ns
>
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