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• 07-26-2009, 7:41 PM

  SLORider Joined on 11-25-2006, 10:11 PM San Luis Obispo, CA USA Posts 16

  IIS Bug? Virtual directory cannot point to a drive's root. (use NTFS symbolic link instead) Reply Contact Problem: I discovered this using WebDAV, but it is not WebDAV specific (see also: Virtual Directory error at root only) When a virtual directory is pointed to the root of any drive, no contents are served. The drive appears completely empty and a 404 error is returned. Example: http://example.com/files (where 'files' is a virtual directory pointed to F:\) If you happen to know the name of a directory within F: and type it manually, the sub-directory folders do appear: http://example.com/files/foo (contents of 'foo' are properly published to client)   Rationale: The reason I am doing this is for server file access/maintenence. I created a WebDAV site on my server (2K8) in place of enabling WebDAV for each web site. Next, I created a virtual directory that 'loops back' to the root of the same drive which contains all the web folders. Thus, using one WebDAV log-in I can access all web sites (and other content) on my server. I'd like to know if there is a way to access a drive's root via virtual directories. Work Around (NTFS symbolic links) A work around that seems just as good as a virtual directory is an NTFS symbolic link created in the WebDAV site's root folder: W:/webdav-root/> mklink /D W W:\ Junctions work also: W:/webdav-root/> mklink /J W W:\ Visit SLORider.com!

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• 07-27-2009, 11:30 AM

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  jeff@zina.com Joined on 09-26-2003, 10:43 AM Naples, FL, USA Posts 2,103	Re: IIS Bug? Virtual directory cannot point to a drive's root. (use NTFS symbolic link instead) Reply Contact  What NTFS permissions are on the root folder? Jeff Look for Wrox's new book Professional IIS 7 in your local bookstore, or order now at Amazon.com

• 07-27-2009, 3:20 PM

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  SLORider Joined on 11-25-2006, 10:11 PM San Luis Obispo, CA USA Posts 16

  Re: IIS Bug? Virtual directory cannot point to a drive's root. (use NTFS symbolic link instead) Reply Contact Everyone: Traverse/Execute/List/Read (root folder only) CREATOR OWNER:Full Control (subfolders and files only) SYSTEM: Full Control (this folder, subfolders and files) WebDAV Authors: Modify (this folder, subfolder and files) Administrators: Full Control (this folder, subfolder and files) Users: Traverse/Execute/List/Read (this folder, subfolder and files) Users: Create folder (this folder and subfolders) Users: Create files/append (subfolders) IIS_IUSRS: Traverse/Execute/List/Read (this folder, subfolder and files) ------------- WebDAV users are part of the WebDAV Authors group and log on using Windows Authentication. I have tried both pass-through authentication and specific user authentication with no luck.   In general, using Failed Request Tracing, I will generate either an authorization error, or file not found error:   ModuleName DirectoryListingModule Notification 128 HttpStatus 404 HttpReason Not Found HttpSubStatus 0 ErrorCode 2147942402 ConfigExceptionInfo Notification EXECUTE_REQUEST_HANDLER ErrorCode The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002)     ModuleName WebDAVModule Data1 Mapped HRESULT To HTTP Status Data2 80070005 -> 403.3 Forbidden ErrorCode 2147942405 ErrorCode Access is denied. (0x80070005)     Visit SLORider.com!