Re: Directories problem with IIS 6

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From: Ken Schaefer (kenREMOVE_at_THISadOpenStatic.com)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:15:37 +1000

The WFetch thing indicates that IIS is working fine. So, something is up
with your browser. Is it configured to use a proxy server? Maybe the proxy
server is not working properly?

You can use NetMon or Ethereal to see what the browser is sending out, and
receiving back.

Cheers
Ken

"JonBlack" <jb@aol.com> wrote in message
news:435b01c47fa8$0668eef0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Ken,
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> When I try to go the page without the extra '/' I get a
> 404 error.
>
> I installed IIS tools and ran WFetch. I typed in the
> parameters for http://www.mysite.com/directory and hit
> the 'Go!' button.
>
> I receive a 301 Moved Permanently error that the site has
> moved permanently to http://www.mysite.com/directory/ and
> creates HTML code creating a link to the directory with
> a '/'
>
> If I type http://www.mysite.com/directory/ and hit 'Go!' I
> receive a 200 status, which I assume means everything
> worked fine.
>
> Thanks,
> JB
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi,
>>
>>Something is wrong with your setup somewhere (not saying
> that you did
>>something wrong, but something is definately setup
> incorrectly, or not
>>working properly. What you are seeing isn't what's
> supposed to happen).
>>
>>What normally happens? If you type:
> http://www.mysite.com/directory then the
>>webserver sends back HTTP 302 Object Has Moved, and the
> new location:
>>http://www.mysite.com/directory/ and the browser is then
> supposed to issue a
>>*new* request at that new location.
>>
>>So, what we need to figure out is whether:
>>a) IIS 6.0 is not sending back the redirect
>> -or-
>>b) The browser is receiving the 302 but is not issuing a
> new request
>> -or-
>>c) Whether something in between (eg proxy server) is
> stuffing everything up.
>>
>>I would start by using WFetch (which you can download
> here):
>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
> FamilyID=56fc92ee-a71a-4c73-b628-
> ade629c89499&DisplayLang=en
>>Send the request to IIS 6.0 from a client machine, and
> see what IIS 6.0
>>responds with.
>>
>>If you don't get the expected response, check in the IIS
> 6.0 logs to see
>>what's being logged in there - post the actual logfile
> entry (I'm curious to
>>know what HTTP status is being recorded)
>>
>>Cheers
>>Ken

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