[crzyone9584]

I'm using the following tutorial for my navigation system. I like it more than sitemaps and I've been having more trouble with site maps than this way.

Tutorial: Menu with XML DataSource

This is the error I'm getting when I navigate to my published site.

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Access to the path 'C:\Domains\mysite.com\SubDomains\foldername\App_Data\user_menu.xml' is denied.

I replaced my doamin and the folder name.

I'm on a shared hosting server with aspnix. Would it be wiser to just use a different folder, or is there a way to access the App_Data folder?

[eclipsed4utoo]

You use Server.MapPath.

So for the App_Data folder, this should work...

string path = Server.MapPath("~/App_Data");

[crzyone9584]

I tried that and it still said denied. Then I found a post either here or the asp.net forums that said to put the impersonate tags in the web.config and it worked. How safe is that?

[Jayman]

If this is going to be in a production environment, then I would recommend against impersonation. You want to only give enough permissions to ASP.NET to do what it needs and nothing more and depending on the account that you are impersonating you could be providing more access than is necessary.

Understanding ASP.NET Impersonation Security

[crzyone9584]

Would adding a web.config with the allow tags fix this with out the impersonate tags? Its late so I'll be reading the article tomorrow between classes.