.Net 2.0: web site not running

[Markus]

Hi

i'm trying to run a .Net web site perfectly working with .Net version
1.1 under visual studio 2005 beta 2.
accessing the site using debug mode works smoothly but when i publish
the site to a web site and try to access it i always get this error

Failed to access IIS metabase.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of
the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more
information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironmentException:
Failed to access IIS metabase.

The process account used to run ASP.NET must have read access to the
IIS metabase (e.g. IIS://servername/W3SVC). For information on
modifying metabase permissions, please see
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267904.

using the metaacl tool didn't help at all.
what did I miss?

tia
Markus

 

[Scott Allen]

Hi Markus:

When does the exception occur - when you are running your application
or when you are deploying?

 

[Guest]

Hi Scott

thanks for looking into this.
deploying to a web site works without error.
then accessing the default.aspx fails in the described way.

my development box is a windows xp professional sp2 with iis 5.1.

Markus

 

[Scott Allen]

Hey Markus:

Offhand I don't know the source of the error. Does your code try to
modify the metabase? Do you know what account your asp.net code is
executing under?

You might want to enable some auditing to see if you can get more
information from the event log:
http://www.pluralsight.com/keith/book/html/howto_enableauditing.html

 

[Guest]

Hey Scott,
i'll give it a try with auditing.

coming back to your question,
there is no code modification of the metabase whatsoever. the users are
connecting to the application using windows authentication, the accounts i
tested with are admins on the appserver.
isn't the code executed under this user id?

any idea on how i can modify the metabase according to the error message?

thanks
Markus

 

[Scott Allen]

Hi Markus:

Hey Scott,
i'll give it a try with auditing.

coming back to your question,
there is no code modification of the metabase whatsoever. the users are
connecting to the application using windows authentication, the accounts i
tested with are admins on the appserver.
isn't the code executed under this user id?

Only if you tell asp.net to impersonate the client (<identity
impersonate="true"/> in the web.config). Otherwise the ASPNET (IIS 5)
or NETWORK SERVICE (IIS 6) local accounts are doing the work by
default.

any idea on how i can modify the metabase according to the error message?

I'd give impersonation a try to see if it can solve the error. I
wouldn't want to lessen the permissions on the metabase unless I
really had to.

On the other hand this seems like a strange error to see if you are
not trying to modify the metabase intentionally. Perhaps reinstalling
ASP.NET on the machine (with aspnet_regiis -i) might be helpful.

 

[Guest]

Hi Scott,

this is Microsoft Beta country, so never forget the reinstall option ;-)
I've upgraded my machine to a newer build, (3 GB downloads are not that
common and not done on a daily basis) and now the problem is gone.

again thanks for your assistance.

Markus

 

[Scott Allen]

Hi Scott,

this is Microsoft Beta country, so never forget the reinstall option ;-)
I've upgraded my machine to a newer build, (3 GB downloads are not that
common and not done on a daily basis) and now the problem is gone.

again thanks for your assistance.

No problem, glad it worked out. Some of those CTP builds especially
can be wonky.