installed IIS 5.1/Win XP get access forbidden error 403.1

[djeddiej]

Hello folks-

I was searching around the news group but did nto really find a definitive answer. also snooped around support.microsoft.com but perhaps did not use the right keywords.

I install Windows XP, log in as administrator and install IIS 5.1. I surf to

http://localhost:8079

and everything seems fine (I changed the port in the IIS MMC). But if I add a directory with just an index.htm web page within

http://wwwroot

and surf to itfor example

http://localhost:8079/somedir/index.htm

I get

HTTP 403.1 Forbidden: Execute Access Forbidden
You have attempted to execute a CGI, ISAPI, or other executable program from a directory that does not allow programs to be executed.

I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that the administrator has rights to view the contents of

http://wwwroot,

as well as IUSR_(servername). So what permissions need to be set? in NTFS? in the User Manager? Any help, online docs, links advice in solving this issue is appreciated.

cheers

Edward

 

[djeddiej]

I figured it out.

its the name of the directory. I also have an apache server running, and I named my sites

http://localhost:81/somesite.com/etc

and that works fine on Apache.

However, IIS thinks that I am attempting to launch a .com file (like win.com ) so its an executable. silly issue that cost me a bunch of hours of wasted troubleshooting.

Rule of thumb - always stick to standard filenaming, at least for consistency, if not for correctness.

thanks