How do you direct the domain name to domain/index.html ?

1. cmd > iisreset

2. Hope the site has the IP defined in IIS and not in all Unassined mode..

3. Check permissions for the site and set all default permissions...

4. Check the site prperty and remove and add the index.html in documenst tab once again if the issreset fails.

issue the command nslookup www.mydomain.com and verify that it is resolving to the IP address you need it to.  If it is resolving to the wrong address, then you have no clue where you are going.

Still not working...

I have the site IP defined in IIS. I have restarted IIS, removed and added index.html to the default content page and restarted IIS again.

Ran command for nslookup and it returned the same IP i have defined in IIS. I have checked permissions but not sure what I need exactly for this. Is the main permission for the internet guest account?

Any other suggestions?

Can you duplicate a copy of index.html and name it default.htm to check if the page shows?

duplicated index.html and named it default.htm
reset IIS
checked and it shows same error message
tried loading mydomain.com/default.htm in address bar and i get a 404 error.

I checked the Home Directory in IIS and it is listed as the C:\mydomain\ where all the files are located....

Downloaded the filemon & procmon but I'm not sure how to fully use the programs to debug this situation...

Okay, here's where i'm at currently.

I have my localhost setup for my intranet with the TCP port of 80. I can access my PHP files that I wanted only accessible through the intranet at the address 192.168.1.104/Myfiles.  My home directory files are stored and set to the Inetpub/wwwroot folder. In the properties of this site in IIS it lists the ip 192.168.1.104.

I deleted the previous website mentioned above, and recreated a test website in IIS call mydomain.com with the host header of mydomain.com with the my ISP assigned IP address for TCP port 81. The root folder is set to: "C:\websites\mydomain" and permissions are set for IIS_WPG and Internet Guest Account for read and execute.

What I've noticed is that I cannot access any of the files using www.mydomain.com/index.html on the web, or www.mydomain.com. When I type in mydomain.com it displays "Directory Listing Denied This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed". On DynDNS i have mydomain.com with an A record pointing to my IP address from the ISP.

Not sure what I'm doing wrong here. From what I understand, when you browse to mydomain.com it checks the A record and sends the user to my server. My server has the website created with that IP assigned, and should load the index.html file as described in the default content page properties. But none of this is working.

When I run nslookup mydomain.com it returns:

Server: vip01ftwotx.ftwo.tx.charter.com
Address: 68.113.206.10

non-authoritative answer:
Address: my IP (matches IP shown in Router)

What's the next step?

--> with the host header of mydomain.com

I have not used IIS and host headers, but would a host header of mydomain.com match www.mydomain.com?  What happens if you go to http://mydomain.com?

I get the same error message

Directory Listing Denied
This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.

I took out the host header for now. When I type in the IP address it displays the same error message.

Under the properties of this website:

I have enable anonymous access
I have enable default content page
   ->I have the file name listed on this page, index.html and it's at the top

How do i check default permissions for "C:\websites\mydomain"? I open properties for that folder and it lists under the "Security" tab: Aministrators, Creator, IIS_WPG, Internet Guest Account, System, Users.
Each one has: Read & Execute, List folder contents, and Read checked.

ok let me try that.

here's what it returns...

and it appears it's trying to go to the inetpub/wwwroot folder for th efiles

oops heres the file

Okay, I tested by moving all the files to C:\inetpub\wwwroot folder and mydomain.com brings up the site. I have no clue where the setting would be for that other then the "Home Directory" tab under local path for the website - which shows C:\websites\mydomain, but the webpage will display when i put local files in the wwwroot folder. Where's the setting for this that I am missing?

I wanted to get this to work from it's own folder that way i can host my friends webpage down the line when i get another IP addy.

For the filemon log the application w3wp.exe is opening the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ folder when it should be trying to open C:\websites\mydomain. How do I change this if it's not from the "Home Directory" tab under the website properties in IIS 6.0 ?

I went back and re-read, you removed the host header.  Can you add it back as www.mydomain.com and test?

Why is it trying to read from inetpub/wwwroot when I specified the "Home Directory" as "C:\Websites \mydomain" ?  I doubt the header has anything to do with that, but I can add it and test it out.

It seems if you tell it the home directory is located somewhere and it's still set to the default there must be somewhere else you have to edit it. I ran into a post that was talking about the metabase.xml list and it has this listed:

Could this be the culprit?

</IIsCertMapper>
<IIsWebVirtualDir Location ="/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT"
  AccessFlags="AccessRead | AccessScript"
  AppFriendlyName="Default Application"
  AppIsolated="2"
  AppPoolId="DefaultAppPool"
  AppRoot="/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT"
  AuthFlags="AuthAnonymous"
  CacheISAPI="TRUE"
  Path="c:\inetpub\wwwroot"
  ScriptMaps=".asa,C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\asp.dll,5,GET,HEAD,POST,TRACE

                                              

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Yes, the path should point to your folder. C:\Website\Mydomain.

Thankyou, before I accept as a solution, can you tell me which application changes that path? I'm sure I can just edit the Metabase file, but what writes the change in the Metabase so I know for when I add another IP?