File Share App

Fed · February 2nd, 2010, 01:44 PM

Hi,

I installed the File Share App as instructed at the end of the chapter and the install finished ok, but when I tried to browse the site at http://localhost/FileShare as instructed I received a 403 error "the website declined to show this webpage" Most likely causes: This website requires you to login. How can I log in if it doesn't show me the page with the login? What am I missing? I'm using VS 2008.

Thanks,

Fed

Imar · February 3rd, 2010, 05:48 AM

Hi Fed,

Are you running the site under IIS? If so, what version?

You typically need to grant the proper permissions (generally Read, + Write permissions for the Uploads folder) to the ASP.NET account which is ASPNET on Windows XP, and Network Service on Vista....

Cheers,

Imar

Fed · February 3rd, 2010, 11:25 AM

Hi Imar,

The IIS ver. is 5.1 and as far as I can see the permissions are there. What is perplexing me is that when I F5 it doesn't bring up the login page so there is no way for me to login. I got carried away with the IIS in another book so if I wanted to run the file share on the regular VS web server do I just need to remove the site from IIS or is there something else I need to do? I still would like to know why IIS is having an issue if that's not too much to ask.

Cheers,

Fed

PS
Because the File Share app uses Membership via the regsql.exe tool I think I have to use it on IIS, is that correct?

Imar · February 3rd, 2010, 01:45 PM

I am not sure I understand your setup. Are running it as "hosted" in IIS, or do you just want to look at the application and its source friom within Visual Studio? In the latter case, you should be able to open the web site in VS, and hit F5....

I haven't written the FileShare app so I am not 100% sure, but maybe you need to open a specific page rather than just opening the root of the application in your browser?

The use of regsql is not related or influenced by the hosting environment; you can use it with the built-in web server and with IIS.

Imar

Fed · February 4th, 2010, 02:19 PM

I wanted to do either/or but in both cases I get the page that says I need to loggin... When I F5 from the login.aspx itself I get more of the same. Maybe it's something to do with the fact I'm running ASP.NET 3.5 and this was written for 2.0. I'll figure it out and thanks for clarifying the regsql bit.

Peace,

Fed

Imar · February 4th, 2010, 04:51 PM

Hi Fed,

It should work on 3.5 as well, as .NET 3.5 is pretty much backward compatible.

If you provide *detailed* steps about what you're doing, I may be able to help. Currently, I don't have an idea what you're doing exactly.

Cheers,

Imar

Fed · February 4th, 2010, 06:26 PM

I figured it out! When following the Local Developer Installation instructions at the end of the chapter and creating a website in VS, VS creates the App_Folder, config file, and a default.aspx. That default.aspx was the problem as the application's default.aspx resides in the ContentFiles folder the (new) default.aspx was causing a conflict. Anyway this is what I deduced as I deleted the extra default.aspx and the app ran.

Cheers!

Ok I figured it out again, the default.aspx in the fileshare app is actually named login.aspx so the above concept is valid just not completely correct...