<SteveinSantaR...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I am setting up a 2003 server to replace a 2000 server. I have transferred
> an IIS web site and set it up identically. Part of the site is secured by
> NTFS file and folder permissions. All of the content in the protected part
> of the site is accessible to users with proper permissions as expected,
> except for MP3 files, which generate a "Windows Media Player cannot access
> the file" error 0xC00D11D2. The problem only occurs with MP3 files. This
> configuration was working on the 2000 server.
>
> If I add the Users group to the permissions for the protected part of the
> site, it works (probably because it indirectly contains the IIS anonymous
> accounts), but that eliminates the desired security. There is some right or
> permission associated with the Users group that allows access to MP3 files,
> but I don't know what it is.
>
> I have tried turning on (and off) integrated Windows authentication, to try
> basic authentication; no difference. I also tried turning Windows Media
> Server off on the 2003 server (which matches the 2000 server configuration).
> I suspected WMS required the anonymous IIS accounts and was therefore
> preventing NTFS permissions from working. That didn't solve the problem.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

<SteveinSantaR...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> The web page has a link to the MP3 files, just like links to other HTML or
> PDF files that do load successfully. Thus the browser, in this case IE6,
> requests the MP3 from IIS using HTTP. The IIS log for each unsuccessful
> attempt to load an MP3 file shows several entries:
>
> 1) Anonymous IE6 gets status 401 for the file (usually twice), then
> 2) (Sometimes) anonymous WMP 9 gets status 404 for a non-existant file with
> the same name, but an extension of .smi, then
> 3) (Sometimes) IE6, showing the authenticated user, gets status 200 for the
> original file request, then
> 4) Anonymous NS Player 9 gets status 206 for the original file request, and
> that ends it.
>
> The same workstation (browser, player, etc.) functions flawlessly accessing
> an identical IIS 5 site on a windows 2000 server that was copied onto the new
> problem IIS 6 site. I have never seen any reference to a search for a
> non-existant .smi file (whatever that is) in the old server logs, nor is
> there any reference to any such file in any of the HTML. Also, when the
> "Users" group is given NTFS permissions to access the folder and files, the
> same user and workstation can access the MP3 files just fine.