Frontpage Guestbook Error

[wosully]

Hi All,

A few weeks ago I created a page from the guestbook template so my friends
and family could sibmit their ideas to name our soon to be born son.
However, now when we try to enter data and click the submit comments button
we receive the "Frontpage Error please see application log for details." The
application log contains no details but the IIS log has this:

2005-05-07 12:32:03 192.168.1.10 POST /_vti_bin/shtml.dll/guest.htm - 80 -
192.168.1.9
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.2;+SV1;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322)
200 0 0


2005-05-07 12:35:35 192.168.1.10 POST /_vti_bin/shtml.dll/guest.htm - 80 -
192.168.1.9
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.2;+SV1;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322)
200 0 0

The page I am referring to is called guest.htm as you can see. I think I
have IIS too locked down and could you tell me what the appropriate level of
permissions would be to allow them to submit text to my server. It is a 2003
SP1 server.

Thank you in advance for your comments and Semper Fi!

 

[Steve Easton]

You need to ensure that the file guest.htm has "server write" permissions applied.
also if gallery one is in a folder such as the _private folder, the _private folder also needs to
have "server write" permissions applied.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[wosully]

Thanks for the help.

I gave both the "system" and the computer's account "server_name" write
permission and even restarted IIS with the same message regarding the
Frontpage error displayed in my browser.

Here are the error messages from IIS:

2005-05-07 18:09:35 192.168.1.10 GET /guest.htm - 80 - 192.168.1.9
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.2;+SV1;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322)
304 0 0

2005-05-07 18:09:37 192.168.1.10 GET /guest.htm - 80 - 192.168.1.9
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.2;+SV1;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322)
304 0 0

2005-05-07 18:09:40 192.168.1.10 POST /_vti_bin/shtml.dll/guest.htm - 80 -
192.168.1.9
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.2;+SV1;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322)
200 0 0

 

[Bob Lehmann]

You need to give IUSR_MachineName the permissions.

You should revert back to the original settings for "system" and computer's
account "server_name" (whatever you mean by that).

Bob Lehmann

 

[wosully]

I have that permission now, but it must be something in group policy denying
IUSR_ the ability to write to this guest.htm file. I am going to look there.

 

[wosully]

Currently I have web anonymous users as "deny write access," at the default
website location, and on the guest.htm file. Could this be causing the
problem? I believe IIS security is cumulative and perhaps I need to have
unchecked the deny to web anonymous users?

It still has the same FrontPage error even when changing the file
permissions, that is why I say it could be a deny issue.

Thanks for the ideas so far, keep them coming.

Thanks for the ideas so far, keep them coming.