Re: Exch 2k3 fe - be: 401 error in OWA

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Do you have any host headers defined in the IIS config on the BE servers?
Try getting rid of them if you do, they will cause errors.

-GT
"Daniel G." <DanielG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Enviro: 1 Exch 2k3 sp1 FE server (EXFE0) with SSL, 2 Exch2k3 sp1 BE
> servers
> (EXBE0, EXBE1). All part of the same routing group. Firewall is set to
> allow https (443) and http (80) to EXFE0.
>
> Issue: Any mailbox on EXBE0 can be reached via external and internal OWA.
> Move mailbox to EXBE1 and recieve a error 401.1 Unauthorized error after 3
> login attempts.
>
> TS Steps already taken: Logged into OWA using name only, domain \ name,
> FQDN \ name, just about every combination I could think of. Can login to
> OWA
> internally via http:\\EXBE1.domain.com/exchange. Checked and verified all
> ESM and IIS settings between EXBE0 and EXBE1 and they both match. Brought
> up
> a third test server (EXBE3) and same result as EXBE1 (cannot access, same
> error). Nothing is logged in any of the BE servers. Checked access
> levels
> on directories, and IIS. Everything matches EXBE0.
>
> Frustration level: 8...I have been trying to get this up and running for a
> few days now with no results. Have contacted numerous, who I would
> consider
> Exchange experts, and they all had me try the same thing to no avail.
> Anything anyone else can throw at me would be great. I have never seen
> this
> behaviour in an Exchange site before.


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