about uploading files in asp.net

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Im developing a site where i need to upload the files when im working on my local system im not able to upload teh files from teh desktop, its not allowing me to upload.
when i use teh impersonate-true im able to upload all the files from teh desktop but when the same application is called from other system and try to do teh same its not allowing others, then i removed the impersonate.

my question is how to set access to the files when uploading, as we do with the attachment in our mail (web sites)

thanks in advance.

Posted 25-Feb-10 2:33am

bgadarsh

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If possible can u provide me teh solution how to do this.

Posted 25-Feb-10 19:07pm

bgadarsh

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Here is how to store a document (it really doesn't matter what kind of document it is) in a database.

http://www.codeproject.com/answers/61152/how-do-i-go-about-doing-the-code-for-storing-video.aspx#answer2

Posted 1-Mar-10 4:15am

Alaric Dailey

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Alaric Dailey · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-25T04:53:00

Your problem is one of permissions. You see standard permissions don't allow anonymous webusers to upload files, mainly because doing so would allow them to modify your website.

You have a few choices to fix this

Enable windows auth and force them to login to a valid account(I am assuming IIS on Windows here)
setup a quarantine area, give the anonymous web user rights to write to it, and upload the files to that directory.
upload your files to a database