Configure NTFS Permissions
Use NTFS permissions to define the level of access to your directories and files that you want to grant to specific users and groups of users. Proper configuration of file and directory permissions is crucial for preventing unauthorized access to your resources.
Requirements
Credentials: Membership in the Administrators group on the local computer.
Tools: Iis.msc.
Recommendation
As a security best practice, log on to your computer using an account that is not in the Administrators group, and then use the Run as command to run IIS Manager as an administrator. At the command prompt, type runas /user:administrative_accountname "mmc %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc".
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