Umbraco create - 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied

Question

Create content - 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

Hi All,

After having moved a version 4 website over to a new server using IIS8.5 (app runs in .net 2.0 in classic mode) we have encountered a problem that happens when a user tries to create a new bit of content, the popup window comes up but displays -

403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

I have added the network service permissions and IIS_IUSRS with full access but Im still getting the error

Can anyone please help?

Answer 1

Are you using anonymous authentication? If so, make sure to check the authentication settings. When you edit the anonymous authentication settings it may be using a different account from what the application pool identity is set to use.