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by quintar51

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I set up IIS on a w2k domain controller. I've allowed anonymous access. My web folder, which contains all my images and html pages is stored on another machine, running winxp.

My problem is that I'm not able to access the website. I get 403.1 - Forbidden. I can't get to it from the server or from the xp machine. On both machines I'm using IE6.

I've tried several things:
- Rechecked my permissions for anonymous access
- Under the Home Directory tab, I changed from 'scripts only' to 'scripts and executables'
- I also tried deleting the website and creating it from scratch in Internet Service Manager, using the permissions wizard.

I have no fancy security, just the default security settings.

I can try uninstalling/reinstalling IIS, but I don't think I should go that far for what seems like a simple problem.

If there's anything I forgot to mention here, please let me know. Thanks.

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by cg it

what is the first page list in documents? default.htm?
I had the same problem, even when I created a Inetpub folder, uploaded front page web site, specified the inetpub folder as the home directory. I had to manually insert the web pages into the documents list. Once I did that, no problem viewing em. The 403.1 is the default.htm page. click on the documents tab, add in, say index.htm, make sure it's the first one listed, go to the IIS web site , right click on the web site and then click browse. You should see the index.htm page and not the default.htm page [which is the 403.1 error page].

by mmurphy

Easily Fixed.
OPen the IIS Snapin
Rite Click on your default web site and choose properties.
Click on the Documents Tab.
Add the start page name . ie (index.htm, main.html)
Move it to the position in the list that you want IIS to look first andsave the settings.

The 403.1 page is not the default first page, it is as it states a security issue.
Did you remove the IUSR account?
If so re-add it and then re-open the IIS snap-in.
Choose the Directory security tab Put a check in Anonymous access, and then click edit.
browse to the Iusr account.

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