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I recently had to reinstall IIS 6.0 and Exchange on our SBS 2003 server. Now the problem I have is that I get a HTTP 403 error, when I try to access the remote web workplace. However, I can access the Outlook Web Access part of our server, Could you please because I have now idea as to where to start troubleshooting.
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Yes I did re-apply all service packs, as well as the Internet and e-mail wizard. All the wizard pages check out. however the error still remains. All the relevant users that need access to this utility has got the correct permissions. There is a password policy that was implemented before this issue occured, could that be an issue?
Let's try and identify if it's isolated to existing users or all users.
Create a New Standard user via Server Management Console - "Add a User".
Does the new User Receive the 403 - Forbidden error?
If Yes, you have a serious error in your config of the Companyweb in IIS, that we need to resolve
If No, it's a permissions issue for the existing users, reconfirming the user permissions through the "Change User Permissions" in Server Management often resolves such issues.
Let us know
Barry
When you say you've reapplied all Service Packs, does that include SBS2003 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/w
No I did not apply SBS SP1, because that was never installed before I reinstalled IIS and exchange. However there are two distinct errors, that I'm getting, firstly I get a CI service error, telling me that scans of the contents of the Inetpub folder can't be scanned with event id 4118. The second error I receive is that the SQL Agent for Sharepoint is not allowed to run with event id 324.
Those two event ID's tend to send shivers down my spine, about 6 months ago I had the self same error's, after banging my head against it for 2 weeks, I gave up and called MS Support, their answer within 5 mins was backup your data and rebuild, it'll be quicker.
I didn't, I knew SP1 was about to breakout and also new it had some considerable updates rolled into it, not least of all ISA2004, it actually turned out to be a complete reinstall over the top, not an update.
I pinned my last ditch hopes that SP1 would solve the problem for me, or I would need to rebuild,and it did, 2 hours of applying SP1 and all was well again. Try it!
I was also having this problem. Interestingly, if I manually typed in http://server.domain.com/r
http://server.domain.com/r
I was able to compare two SBS systems, I noticed that one of the default pages was missing.
Here's how I fixed it.
Open IIS, right click properties of the remote site. Click on documents tab. Add default.aspx.
Cheers!
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by: BarryCoePosted on 2005-12-27 at 01:23:48ID: 15554631
Hi XM_Solutions
Have you re-applied all the current patches/service packs?
Have you rerun the "Connect to the internet" wizard in Server management?
Have you rechecked all the user permissions, they may have been scrambled during the reinstall?
with SBS of any flavor
Rule number one - do not try to beat the wizard.
Rule number two - always rerun the relevant wizrd after performing any major systme mode.
Hope this helps
Barry