FPSE with UNC

I have two servers, a web server and a NAS. Both servers are running
Windows 2003 Standard Edition.

I have created a web site who's data is on the NAS, eg a UNC share. When
I try to install FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) on the site, I
receive a message telling me that FPSE cannot be installed on a UNC
share.

I have followed all the steps in this document:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/sts/2001/all/proddocs/e
n-us/admindoc/owsj04.mspx

Now when the web server is a domain controller, I am able to extend the
site with FPSE.

Regards

William



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William,

It's glad to see you in the public group.

"Now when the web server is a domain controller, I am able to extend
the site with FPSE."

When IIS is on domain controller, all the accounts i.e: IUSR,IWAM and
NETWORK SERVICE are on domain level. So I doubt the issue might be
permission related. Please test maximize permission on your non-DC
IIS to check this point:

1) Also create a <domain>\IUSR and configure it on the site as
anonymous user. It should have proper rights on the UNC folder and
some necessary permission of an IIS user:
INFO: Default Permissions and User Rights for IIS 6.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=812614

2) In the site's application pool's property, change the account from
NETWORK SERVICE to a domain account(you may temporarily use your
<domain>\admin for test purpose). Also make sure the accout have
proper permission for IIS and the UNC.

3) Test if the site works under the changed permission setting.

4) If 3 is ok, extend it with FPSE to see if it works, the FPSE
virtual server's admin should be a domain account as well I believe.

If the extend still fails, please provide me with the detailed error
you've see. And also, there are three kinds of log for FPSE
troubleshooting:
1) Application event log
2) A wecerr.txt file, can be either located in \TEMP or Windows\Temp
directory
3) %web path%\_vti_log\author.log

Looking forward to your results.
Best regards,

WenJun Zhang
Microsoft Online Support
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Hey WenJun

I had already tried step 1 and it did not make a difference.

Every time change the identity of the application pool, I receive this
error message: "The identity of application pool, 'domain' is invalid.
If it remains invalid when the first request for the application pool is
processed, the application pool will be disabled. The data field
contains the error number."

No errors are logged in the Application log, I can't locate the
wecerr.txt or the author.log

I've tried giving Everyone permissions to both the share and the files
but it hasn't made a difference.

William

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In AppPool properties->Identity tab, choose Configurable and click
Browse, change Locations to find the domain account. Can this
succeed? If this succeed, you MUST retype the account's password ->
Important: the UI here is misleading, it will not obtain the password
automantially. Otherwise, you will get 'Service Unavailable' error
everywhere.

Let me know how the thing is going.
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Sorry I still get the same error message regarding the identity.

Regards


William

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Hi William,

I've sent a mail to you. Please refer to it and test if adding the
domain\admin account to local IIS_WPG group can help. I'm waiting for
your result here.

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By adding the domain account to that group it fixed the identity
problem.
When I tried to extend the site, the same problem happened again. I
cannot find any error messages in the event log.

William



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Hi William,

Please change the Microsoft SharePoint Administration site to use
Basic authentication only in its Directory Security tab. And then
browse it with your domain\admin credential and test extend the site
again. This maximizes all the permissions I believe. Let's see if it
works.

Also, have you gotten any more detailed error message when you meet
the failure on extending site?

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I've already set the site to use Basic Authentication.

Sorry I'm not getting any more detailed error messages.


Regards


William



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