give iis application rights to system folder

Question

I'm using the same components to access some dll in windows\\system32. When I do it from exe, it works. However, when I am doing it from an IIS application, it fails - I do not know exactly what the error is because I am using third party components. Do I have set up the IIS WCF Application in a specific way to access the dll in windows\\system32? I tried to explicitly enter the user with which the physical path was access but it did not help...

Answer 1

Im not sure the giving IIS the rights is the way to go.

I would split the application into two parts:

1: A windows service hosting the components that need the special access, exposing an endpoint towards the IIS web app.

2: The the web app , that will call the service to get the work done.