IIS_IUSRS Identity for a website

Question

I am using IIS7 to host an asp.net 2.0 site. However, whenever I browse it I get the error

The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.

Now I realize that this is because the IIS_IUSRS does not have access to the web.config. My question is how can I grant access to IIS_IUSRS

When I look under Application Pools and check the Identity. It shows

ApplicationPoolIdentity(default), LocalService, LocalUser and Network Service

However, I cannot seem to find IIS_IUSRS

Where do I find it

Answer 1

IIS_IUSRS is actually a Windows group so you won't find it under the application pools in IIS.

If you need to grant this group access, then this will need to be done via the file system, e.g. you could go to the folder where you have deployed your ASP.NET application and grant permissions to the group: