default website not working properly 1

[PaulBarron]

I am running iis 5 on Windows 2000. For some reason my default website has stopped working properly. I cannot browse to it and my Exchange 2000 Outlook web access has stopped working too.

Can anyone advise? Many thanks

 

[Jackcipk]

Firstly, make sure your IIS is working (you may restart IIS service) from your server. It's not about whether you can do it or not, it's about HOW
OK, Let's Do It !!!
jliu@Cipk.com

 

[PaulBarron]

I have selected the restart iis option but this seems to have problems. It takes a long time and then tells me that a service did not respond in a timely fashion.

I'm guessing this would indicate a problem with iis?

 

[Jackcipk]

If you open your IIS, can you see the website in question still running (or stoped)? Can you restart from there ? It's not about whether you can do it or not, it's about HOW
OK, Let's Do It !!!
jliu@Cipk.com

 

[PaulBarron]

I can see the default website and I can stop and start it no problem. I have done that several times already.

 

[Jackcipk]

Well, your IIS is working, and the website is running, but you still cannot browse it. It seems more info is needed:

Are you browsing from the server locally or accessing remotely (via internet or LAN)? Can you browse the site from local server machine by typing in the server name in the IE (like:

http://mymachine)

? Can you do the same from a machine in you LAN.

Have you made any change to the server and/or other services lately, prior to the incident ? It's not about whether you can do it or not, it's about HOW
OK, Let's Do It !!!
jliu@Cipk.com

 

[lck092580]

Try typing:

http://machineName

OR

http://localhost

on ur IIS box and pay close attention to the error msg.. is it a 404 error? <-- page not found? forbidden access? bad gateway?.. etc.

That'll help u narrow it down.. just make sure that u see this beside ur default website: (Running)

If u can view it like that then it's probably not a IIS problem. U can then proceed and try typing:

http://machineName

OR

http://machine's

internal IP

on a workstation or server connected within the same lan.. I'm not sure how ur IIS is set up but i'm guessing ur default website is server webpages to all requests (under IP address u have ALL UNASSIGNED).

If this works then I think it might be ur firewall(if u have one) and it's somehow not fwding the traffic to ur IIS box (again pay attention to the error msg).

If none of the stuff i listed works then it &quot;MIGHT&quot; be a port problem. Meaning somehow someone changed the port for IIS to serve http: traffic.. make sure it's set @ 80. (this is a long shot but it could happen..).

Try and provide more info.. Jack can help u

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[PaulBarron]

On the machine running IIS I cannot successfully browse to

http://localhost.

It comes up with an error page which is HTTP 403.1 Forbidden: Execute Access Forbidden Internet Information Services

Prior to this problem I had just installed Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Exchange. That's when it seemed to go wrong.

 

[Jackcipk]

Well, It seems to me more like a permission problem, I may be wrong though. You are running some applications on the website which requires certain level of permissions for Scripts and/or Executables.

Go to IIS Manager, highlight the Default Website, open Properities, click Home Directory tab. On the lower section (Application Settings), select either Execute Permissions be Scripts only or Scripts and Executables, depending on what applications you are running on the website.

Try it and let us know how it goes. - Jack It's not about whether you can do it or not, it's about HOW
OK, Let's Do It !!!
jliu@Cipk.com

 

[Guest_imported]

restart the world wide web publishing service .. you will be fine

 

[PaulBarron]

I modified the home directory permissions as you suggested. This has resolved my default website problem.

I still however cannot use my MS Exchange Outlook Web Access. Can anyone advise how to get this going again or would I have to go to the Exchange forum?

All these problems started occurring when I installed Exchange Service Pack 2 by the way

 

[lck092580]

SP3 for exchange 2k is out .. try installing it.. = )



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[vgrice]

What error/s are you getting when trying to use OWA?