IIS 6 Default Document appears from "nowhere"

Hi Jeff,

It's true. I have ISA installed. I'm going to check the SBS group.

Thanks.

Antonio

"Jeff Cochran" wrote:

 > On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 10:45:01 -0700, "Antonio Castro" <Antonio
 > Castro.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
 >
  > >I have a Small Business server 2003 with II6. I have a Default Web Site that has only one page defined as default content page, in this case index.aspx. The problem is that if I type the URL <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com" target="_blank">http://www.ajcastro.com</a> (my external URL) it appears another page that I cannot find in the server (it seems a default page of the small business server 2003). However, if I type <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com/index.aspx" target="_blank">www.ajcastro.com/index.aspx</a> everything works fine.
  > >If from the server I type <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost" target="_blank">http://localhost</a> or <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://sbs2000dell" target="_blank">http://sbs2000dell</a> (the name of the server) the default content page appears correctly.
  > >I must say that this started to happen after I tried to extend the Default Web Site to accept a Windows Sharepoint Site and Removed that as soon as I saw it didn't work.
 >
 > ISA installed? Might try the SBS group for particulars there.
 >
 > Jeff
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I have solved the problem but I do not understand the relation between the solution and the problem. I have checked the properties of a Default Web Site in another server with W2003 and IIS 6 to see what was different. I have changed two things:

1) Erased the SSL Port (it was 443 and now is without any port).
2) In HOME DIRECTORY/CONFIGURATION I have checked CACHE ISAPI EXTENSIONS.

I'm grateful to solve the problem but what's the relation?

Thanks everyone.

"Antonio Castro" wrote:

 > Hi Jeff,
 >
 > It's true. I have ISA installed. I'm going to check the SBS group.
 >
 > Thanks.
 >
 > Antonio
 >
 > "Jeff Cochran" wrote:
 >
  > > On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 10:45:01 -0700, "Antonio Castro" <Antonio
  > > Castro.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
  > >
   > > >I have a Small Business server 2003 with II6. I have a Default Web Site that has only one page defined as default content page, in this case index.aspx. The problem is that if I type the URL <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com" target="_blank">http://www.ajcastro.com</a> (my external URL) it appears another page that I cannot find in the server (it seems a default page of the small business server 2003). However, if I type <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com/index.aspx" target="_blank">www.ajcastro.com/index.aspx</a> everything works fine.
   > > >If from the server I type <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost" target="_blank">http://localhost</a> or <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://sbs2000dell" target="_blank">http://sbs2000dell</a> (the name of the server) the default content page appears correctly.
   > > >I must say that this started to happen after I tried to extend the Default Web Site to accept a Windows Sharepoint Site and Removed that as soon as I saw it didn't work.
  > >
  > > ISA installed? Might try the SBS group for particulars there.
  > >
  > > Jeff
  > ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: IIS 6 Default Document appears from "nowhere" 

I don't see any immediate relation. I suspect you had some other problem
that was time-dependent.

#2 is the default setting (Cache ISAPI Extensions should ALWAYS be checked
unless you are an ISAPI Developer).

Small Business Server actually creates TWO different websites for -- one is
for running OWA on the public interface (i.e. Internet), and the other is
for running Sharepoint on the internal interface (i.e. Intranet).

You need to make sure that <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com" target="_blank">www.ajcastro.com</a> is actually resolving in DNS to
the IP of the network interface your website is listening on. You also need
to make sure your DNS-service (if free) forwards the right request headers,
etc -- this is what happens when you make a request to
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com" target="_blank">http://www.ajcastro.com</a>

1. Browser resolves IP for <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com" target="_blank">http://www.ajcastro.com</a> and sends a request to it
2. Server receives the request, decides which website it goes to based on
the interface the request came in on and any Host: headers, and then
executes the request
3. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com" target="_blank">http://www.ajcastro.com</a> does not resolve to any resource, so the server
sends back a 302 response for the browser to try <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ajcastro.com/</a>
4. Browser repeats request to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ajcastro.com/</a> (browsers
automatically do this without telling you)
5. Server repeats decisions to execute the request and sees that "/" does
not resolve to any resource -- but "/" means to look for default documents,
so the server finds the first matching default document and sends its
contents back. If no default documents are found, then if "Dir Browsing" is
enabled, a directory listing is sent back. Else, a 403 Forbidden is sent
back.

--
//David
IIS
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"Antonio Castro" <AntonioCastro.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I have solved the problem but I do not understand the relation between the
solution and the problem. I have checked the properties of a Default Web
Site in another server with W2003 and IIS 6 to see what was different. I
have changed two things:

1) Erased the SSL Port (it was 443 and now is without any port).
2) In HOME DIRECTORY/CONFIGURATION I have checked CACHE ISAPI EXTENSIONS.

I'm grateful to solve the problem but what's the relation?

Thanks everyone.

"Antonio Castro" wrote:

 > Hi Jeff,
 >
 > It's true. I have ISA installed. I'm going to check the SBS group.
 >
 > Thanks.
 >
 > Antonio
 >
 > "Jeff Cochran" wrote:
 >
  > > On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 10:45:01 -0700, "Antonio Castro" <Antonio
  > > Castro.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
  > >
   > > >I have a Small Business server 2003 with II6. I have a Default Web Site
that has only one page defined as default content page, in this case
index.aspx. The problem is that if I type the URL <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com" target="_blank">http://www.ajcastro.com</a>
(my external URL) it appears another page that I cannot find in the server
(it seems a default page of the small business server 2003). However, if I
type <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ajcastro.com/index.aspx" target="_blank">www.ajcastro.com/index.aspx</a> everything works fine.
   > > >If from the server I type <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost" target="_blank">http://localhost</a> or <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://sbs2000dell" target="_blank">http://sbs2000dell</a> (the
name of the server) the default content page appears correctly.
   > > >I must say that this started to happen after I tried to extend the
Default Web Site to accept a Windows Sharepoint Site and Removed that as
soon as I saw it didn't work.
  > >
  > > ISA installed? Might try the SBS group for particulars there.
  > >
  > > Jeff
  > ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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