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Browse All TopicsI recently installed Drupal on my webserver. When I create a new site (via the Drupal interface) it creates the site in IIS as "website.com". When I try to access the folder website.com/drupal/sites/w
You are not authorized to view this page You do not have permission to view this directory or page due to the access control list (ACL) that is configured for this resource on the Web server.
Please try the following:
* Contact the Web site administrator if you believe you should be able to view this directory or page.
* Click the Refresh button to try again with different credentials.
HTTP Error 401.3 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to an ACL set on the requested resource.
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IIS is trying to serve the .com as the filetype .com which triggers a username/password prompt and then the above error message.
Its not folder permission issue, as I can rename the folder to anything not .com and it works (.org, .net, etc) but then drupal breaks for the website...
Note: this is not a drupal specific issue, though using multisite with drupal is the only time I'd need to name a folder "something.com".
Is there a way I can modify Drupal's code so it doesn't require the .com?
Eg: website.com/drupal/sites/w
Or fix IIS?
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Hello,
do I understand you right?
Without .com your Server doesn't make any problems anymore, but if you delete the .com your drupal doesn't work anymore, because you've installed it with the other directory-name?
If I am right with this, have a look at your settings.php and check, if the folder is set there (delete the .com than) and search all your database-tables for the phrase "website.com" and replace it with "website".
After that change it should work, because drupal now thinks you've installed it into the folder "website" correctly.
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by: meverestPosted on 2009-05-12 at 19:30:50ID: 24371049
Hi,
probably the 'drupal/sites/...' path does not have the correct access rights applied.
find that target location in windows explorer, right click the 'sites' folder, choose security and give read/execute rights to the interactive web user (i.e. IUSR_<servername>) or to 'everyone' user if you don't care about who gets access.
Cheers.