Re: default page

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From: Bernard (qbernard_at_hotmail.com.discuss)
Date: 01/06/05


Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 14:14:02 +0800

I'm confused :) if it's permission issue you will get 401.X error.

try to browse it locally first, if it's working then try remote host.

-- 
Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.tryiis.com/
http://support.microsoft.com/
http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/
"Benjamin" <Benjamin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:6F6A4102-7DCD-49A5-BEAE-7FC951DF9AF9@microsoft.com...
> well maybe it was just a fluke or maybe I was actually in my VNC session 
> on
> the server and didn't realize it.  In any case it is no longer working 
> (that
> is if it ever really did work)
>
> "Benjamin" wrote:
>
>> Well it is working now.  I think the problem may have been that the 
>> internet
>> guest account had no rights to the default site (I don't know why) when I
>> gave it rights it still didn't work. but now about 5 min. later it is
>> working, maybe it was just a delay or maybe it was a microsoft miracle. 
>> In
>> any case I am happy and I can finally get to sleep tonight.  Thanks for 
>> your
>> help Jason and Bernard!
>>
>> "Jason Brown [MSFT]" wrote:
>>
>> > Ah, right. that clarifies things a little
>> >
>> > and if you type http://www.yoursite.com/  ? (note trailing slash)
>> >
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > Jason Brown
>> > Microsoft GTSC, IIS
>> >
>> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> > rights.
>> >
>> > "Benjamin" <Benjamin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:DF678F90-249F-4255-ABA9-81A9D096F531@microsoft.com...
>> > > It is letting it through because if I manually type
>> > > www.mysite.com/index.html
>> > > it will load the page, but if I type www.mysite.com it will not 
>> > > default to
>> > > any page what so ever even though I have it set up to.
>> > >
>> > > "Jason Brown [MSFT]" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> From that description, it sounds like there may be a firewall issue 
>> > >> to
>> > >> me -
>> > >> make sure that if windows firewall is on that it allows the HTTP 
>> > >> server
>> > >> through.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> -- 
>> > >> Jason Brown
>> > >> Microsoft GTSC, IIS
>> > >>
>> > >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> > >> rights.
>> > >>
>> > >> "Benjamin" <Benjamin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:71B2D17A-91B5-4BA7-A688-51FA8A92E680@microsoft.com...
>> > >> > Nope still a no go.  Funny thing when I right click on the site in 
>> > >> > IIS
>> > >> > and
>> > >> > select browse it brings up the default page, but when trying to 
>> > >> > access
>> > >> > it
>> > >> > from another computer over the web it doesn't load.  Oh and thanks 
>> > >> > for
>> > >> > the
>> > >> > quick reply!
>> > >> >
>> > >> > "Bernard" wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> Weird. Simple test. Copy the index.html to a new location. say
>> > >> >> c:\test\
>> > >> >> change the webroot point to c:\test, configure the default 
>> > >> >> document to
>> > >> >> use
>> > >> >> index.html
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> try to browse again...
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> -- 
>> > >> >> Regards,
>> > >> >> Bernard Cheah
>> > >> >> http://www.tryiis.com/
>> > >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/
>> > >> >> http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> "Benjamin" <Benjamin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> >> news:34B0C189-8679-48B6-996C-F0AD17C1917A@microsoft.com...
>> > >> >> >I have IIS 6.0 running on a win 2k3 server.  I was trying to set 
>> > >> >> >my
>> > >> >> >default
>> > >> >> > document for my site because it was showing the "under 
>> > >> >> > construction"
>> > >> >> > page
>> > >> >> > (iisstart.htm or something like that)  so I put my index.htm in 
>> > >> >> > the
>> > >> >> > site
>> > >> >> > directory and added the file name to the default document list 
>> > >> >> > and
>> > >> >> > gave
>> > >> >> > it
>> > >> >> > the highest priority.  But now NOTHING loads for the default 
>> > >> >> > page.
>> > >> >> > I
>> > >> >> > even
>> > >> >> > tried to use the iisstart.html again as the default and it 
>> > >> >> > doesn't
>> > >> >> > load
>> > >> >> > as
>> > >> >> > the default now either.  I have made sure the check box to 
>> > >> >> > enable a
>> > >> >> > default
>> > >> >> > document was checked.  I can use a default document inside the 
>> > >> >> > site
>> > >> >> > just
>> > >> >> > fine. For instance say my site is www.mysite.com I want it to 
>> > >> >> > load
>> > >> >> > index.htm
>> > >> >> > automatically but it won't load any default page but it will 
>> > >> >> > load a
>> > >> >> > default
>> > >> >> > page for say www.mysite.com/web then it will load the index.htm 
>> > >> >> > or
>> > >> >> > whatever
>> > >> >> > the default page may be but it will not load a default page for 
>> > >> >> > the
>> > >> >> > root
>> > >> >> > of
>> > >> >> > the site anymore.  I have tried stoping the site and I even
>> > >> >> > restarted
>> > >> >> > the
>> > >> >> > server and I still get nothing.  This is becoming very 
>> > >> >> > frustrating,
>> > >> >> > anyone
>> > >> >> > know what I might have broken.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
>> > 


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