Re: Unable to get global configuration data.

Ok, well it is pretty atypical to install SharePoint under a relative path.
You should consider putting your portal up at portal.mysite.com or the
simililar. If this is a public facig deployment, you are going to have to
create a public DNS entry (this is something that your hosting provider or
sys admin should know about) that will point the IP of your SPS box to the
friendly name they enter in the record.

Assuming that you are using SharePoint internally, you are going to have to
jump on your domain controller, and read through the directions provided here:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/086b57c3-57fb-4d4e-bc57-9dbac4cb88e41033.mspx

Once you have an entry that can resolve, it should bring up your portal with
no issue assuming that you can still bring it up from the local machine.

Adam Buenz
http://www.sharepointsecurity.com

"SharinDenver" wrote:

Ok... I pinged www.mysite.com and it returned an ip (this is our public
facing website, not on Sharepoint). I am trying to access Sharepoint at
www.mysite.com/intranet. This did not return an ip address.

If I were to try and create the DNS myself, how would I go about doing this?
Is this done from the web server?

"adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

No worries, do this.

Go to run, type in CMD. do this command:

ping http://whatyourarecallingyoursite

see if it returns an IP. If it doesn't you need to add a DNS record (or your
admin) that will route the friendly name to your IP of your SPS box.

Seriously don't worry about asking the questions, its what the newsgroups
are for.

Adam Buenz
http://www.sharepointsecurity.com

"SharinDenver" wrote:

um...

(that means I'm not sure)

steps to take to check this? The server and IIS and "stuff" was set up by
someone else and now I'm taking it over and I'm afraid I'm underqualified.
Learning.


"adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

First off man you have to have a dns entry so that your network knows how to
resolve whatever you are pointing in there, do you have that in place?

Adam Buenz
http://www.sharepointsecurity.com

"SharinDenver" wrote:

Ok... I went into IIS, Web Sites, Sharepoint Central Administration and right
clicked and selected properties. It did say All Unassigned with a port. I
clicked on Advanced and clicked Add. I kept it as All Unassigned, used the
same port as the other one, and called it "intranet". I reset IIS. This did
not work. I have a feeling I'm not really doing what I'm supposed to. :)

"adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

ok, well you are going to need to set the host headers then, it doesnt know
how to resolve the default website. Go into IIS, right click on the virtual
server, select advaned on the first page that comes up (it should be next to
your IP assignment, which should be set to all unassigned unless you are
binding an IP and have SP2), there you can enter the name you want your site
to resolve too :)

Adam Buenz
http://www.sharepointsecurity.com



"SharinDenver" wrote:

I am able to access the site now since I changed teh Identity on the App Pool
to my account. However, I am only able to access the site if I am physically
on the web server (http://localhost/intranet). I cannot access it from my
personal computer (http://url/intranet). It asks me to log in (network login
pop up) and will not accept my login.

"Bob Fox" wrote:

Are you using Windows Authentication or SQL Authentication?

Bob Fox
http://bobfox.net


"SharinDenver" <SharinDenver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E9923664-E8EC-4B59-B27F-676653A82F47@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ok... the only thing in this article
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823287)
i think it could be is

The account that is used by application pool does not have the required
permissions to the SQL Server database.

How do i set db access on teh app pool?



"SharinDenver" wrote:

Ok... I made Network Service a dbo on the db. Now I get this error:

Unable to connect to database. Check database connection information and
make sure the database server is running. For tips on troubleshooting
this
error, search for article 823287 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at
http://support.microsoft.com.


The database is running and it is on the same machine as WSS is
installed.
I am in the process of trying to figure this one out, but if anyone can
save
me some time, I'm all ears. :)

"adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

This might be your issue.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;900499

Adam Buenz
http://www.sharepointsecurity.com

"SharinDenver" wrote:

I have installed Sharepoint Services using the Server Farm option and
setting
a Custom URL. When I try and access the site, I get the following
message:

Unable to get global configuration data.

What's happening?



.

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