Quick IIS question [Resolved]

[mendhak]

I have a virtual directory called "MOUSEPAD", it has no default page. In fact, it has no ASPX page in it.

When a user requests http://machinename/mousepad, I'd like IIS to send the user to

http://machinename/mousepad/somefoldername/abc.aspx


How can I do this?

[Draven Chen Zhen]

make a index file and there you redirect your page to the correct folder??
Or does it have to be the IIS that redirect you?

[mendhak]

I would like it if I could get IIS to do this for me, I had already considered the redirect method.

[StrangerInBeijing]

Not sure if this is what you are looking for:

1) Open IIS
2) Right click your site, go to Properties
3) On the Document Tab you can add / remove pages to be loaded by default, and also set the order in which they will be looked for


Hope it helped?

[mendhak]

Tried that, but that allows for a specific page name only, not directories followed by page names.

[StrangerInBeijing]

oooh....sorry, did not use it myself.

see you got to type in a page name...not possible to type a path? (like /somefoldername/abc.aspx)?

[<ABX]

Just Type a path like "/mousepad/somefoldername/abc.aspx" for the default document.

[mendhak]

Just Type a path like "/mousepad/somefoldername/abc.aspx" for the default document.

Strange... I did try this, and tried it again just now to confirm. I am not allowed to put a path in the default document... how did you do it?

I'm on windows 2003, IIS 6

[<ABX]

It seems that IIS 5.X supports this while IIS6 doesn't. You might try manually editing the metabase, but, I hope, microsoft had a reason for not allowing this in IIS6.

[mendhak]

How do I manually edit the metabase? I'm willing to try this since this is a test server I'm trying to deploy on.

[<ABX]

First, Open The IIS console.

Right Click on the IIS Server you want to Edit The Metabase on (generally there is only one)

Select "Properties"

Check "Enable Direct Metabase Edit"

now type in the run menu "notepad C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\metabase.xml" (or use your favorite xml editor)

<IIsWebVirtualDir	Location ="/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Testing"
		AccessFlags="AccessRead | AccessScript"
		AppFriendlyName="Testing"
		AppIsolated="2"
		AppRoot="/LM/W3SVC/1/Root/Testing"
		DefaultDoc="/Folder1/Folder2/Default.aspx"
		DirBrowseFlags="DirBrowseShowDate | DirBrowseShowTime | DirBrowseShowSize | DirBrowseShowExtension | DirBrowseShowLongDate | EnableDefaultDoc"
		Path="C:\Websites\Testing"
	>
</IIsWebVirtualDir>

I cant tell you if this works because I don't have IIS6 (damn M$ for not allowing XP to run it!!!)

Make sure you back up the the Metabase before hand.

(not sure if an iisreset is required for changes to take place?)


Why do you want to have IIS do this rather than a Asp.Net Page (IIS should be able to do it)?

[mendhak]

Excellent. That was good. It worked when I edited the metabase, shame I can't rate you though.

-Mendhak

[<ABX]

Excellent. That was good. It worked when I edited the metabase, shame I can't rate you though.

-Mendhak

Glad to be of service

I'm actually surpised that would work, couldn't test it because I don't feel like running W2K3 as desktop.

[mendhak]

Just a little pointer, for any future searchers:

DefaultDoc="/Folder1/Folder2/Default.aspx"

wouldn't work.

Instead, you should make it

DefaultDoc="Folder1/Folder2/Default.aspx"

Note the missing forwardslash.

[mendhak]

Damn... just tried this 'as-is' in Inetmgr, and it worked. I should've been more careful. *slap*