Re: Deploy error on Remote Server

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From: Ben Dewey (ben.dewey_at_scientiae.com)
Date: 05/10/04


Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 15:50:48 -0400

Change you web.config file to contain

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <customErrors mode="Off"/>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

Instead of:
<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"/>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

This should give you a more detailed error message. Let me know what that
message is.

"IMRAN SAROIA" <imransaroia2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OgsmmDqNEHA.3672@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I am getting message shown below when I tested a simple web application on
> production Remote Server which has ASP.net
> enabled for IIS.
>
> Please advise!
>
> I have tried the resolution provided and even used trace enabled but
message
> still comes while
> the application runs fine on local computer.
>
> Imran Saroia
>
> Server Error in '/' Application.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

--
> ----
>
> Runtime Error
> Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current
custom
> error settings for this application prevent the details of the application
> error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could,
however,
> be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.
>
> Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be
viewable
> on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a
"web.config"
> configuration file located in the root directory of the current web
> application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute
> set to "Off".
>
>
> <!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->
>
> <configuration>
>     <system.web>
>         <customErrors mode="Off"/>
>     </system.web>
> </configuration>
>
>
> Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom
> error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the
application's
> <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.
>
>
> <!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->
>
> <configuration>
>     <system.web>
>         <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"
defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
>     </system.web>
> </configuration>
>
>


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