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Re: My Web.config file...

mzns1 — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:07:54 GMT

Parser Error Message: Access is denied: 'EfficionConsulting.Articles'.

All your problems seem to be related to the error above.

Check the settings on the ..DesktopModules\EfficionConsulting.Articles folder.

Did you add specific entries to the web.config when this module was installed?

You may need to go into the database tables
Find the table(s) that define the modules on the Home Page (looks like this module is on the Home page)
Change the Parent Page setting to another page to remove it from the Home Page

Basically, you may need to manually modify your Home Page setting to eliminate this module from loading.
If this module is NOT on the Home Page then there is something missing from the web.config that is partially referencing it.

Install the same version of DNN on your development or test machine (local).
Install the EfficionConsulting.Articles module to the Home Page
Verify that no entries are required in the web.config file
After it is working look in the database tables to see what was added
Practice removing it manually before trying it on your production box

mikez

mikez

Re: Web.config changes killed my site, Help!

lini — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:52:25 GMT

Simple - Right-click on the DotNetNuke folder, go to Properties, Security tab, click Advanced, check the "Replace permissions..." checkbox, click ok, confirm and you are done.
Explanation: you copied a dll file to the bin directory but the ASPNET (or NETWORKSERVICE) user does not have rights to read it so you have to reset the rights for that file.

Re: Web.config changes killed my site, Help!

iluv.net — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:45:11 GMT

DeveloperMCDBA I took your advice exactly, but with the new version I'm still getting the same errors. I changed the siteSQL string to match my DB, but the errors seem to relate to something else.

Could this be something to do with IIS, the fact that I created and then deleted a Virtual Directory as a subfolder of the DNN VDir?

My Web.config file...

iluv.net — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:51:37 GMT

My Web.config file...

<configuration>

<configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="dotnetnuke">
      <section name="data" type="DotNetNuke.Framework.Providers.ProviderConfigurationHandler, DotNetNuke" />
      <section name="logging" type="DotNetNuke.Framework.Providers.ProviderConfigurationHandler, DotNetNuke" />
      <section name="scheduling" type="DotNetNuke.Framework.Providers.ProviderConfigurationHandler, DotNetNuke" />
      <section name="htmlEditor" type="DotNetNuke.Framework.Providers.ProviderConfigurationHandler, DotNetNuke" />
      <section name="searchIndex" type="DotNetNuke.Framework.Providers.ProviderConfigurationHandler, DotNetNuke" />
      <section name="searchDataStore" type="DotNetNuke.Framework.Providers.ProviderConfigurationHandler, DotNetNuke" />
      <section name="friendlyUrl" type="DotNetNuke.Framework.Providers.ProviderConfigurationHandler, DotNetNuke" />
    </sectionGroup>
    <sectionGroup name="memberrolesprototype">
      <section name="membership" type="Microsoft.ScalableHosting.Configuration.MembershipConfigHandler, MemberRole, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b7c773fb104e7562" />
      <section name="roleManager" type="Microsoft.ScalableHosting.Configuration.RolesConfigHandler, MemberRole, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b7c773fb104e7562" />
      <section name="profile" type="Microsoft.ScalableHosting.Configuration.ProfileConfigHandler, MemberRole, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b7c773fb104e7562" />
      <section name="anonymousIdentification" type="Microsoft.ScalableHosting.Configuration.AnonymousIdConfigHandler, MemberRole, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b7c773fb104e7562" />
    </sectionGroup>
</configSections>

<appSettings>
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=(local);Database=INTRANET;Integrated Security=SSPI;" />
    <add key="MachineValidationKey" value="FC5FDE4D46C417168661164E3BF123CA35122A9C" />
    <add key="MachineDecryptionKey" value="62D0FF623119588E5F15A9145D897A580D50C831800EA42F" />
    <add key="MachineValidationMode" value="SHA1" />
    <add key="InstallTemplate" value="DotNetNuke.install.resources" />
    <add key="AutoUpgrade" value="true" />
    <add key="UseDnnConfig" value="true" />
    <add key="ShowMissingKeys" value="false" />
    
    <add key="InstallationDate" value="4/12/2005" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
    
    <httpModules>
      <add name="UrlRewrite" type="DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule, DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewrite" />
      <add name="Exception" type="DotNetNuke.HttpModules.ExceptionModule, DotNetNuke.HttpModules.Exception" />
      <add name="UsersOnline" type="DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UsersOnlineModule, DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UsersOnline" />
      <add name="ProfilePrototype" type="Microsoft.ScalableHosting.Profile.ProfileModule, MemberRole, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b7c773fb104e7562" />
      <add name="AnonymousIdentificationPrototype" type="Microsoft.ScalableHosting.Security.AnonymousIdentificationModule, MemberRole, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b7c773fb104e7562" />
      <add name="RoleManagerPrototype" type="Microsoft.ScalableHosting.Security.RoleManagerModule, MemberRole, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b7c773fb104e7562" />
      <add name="DNNMembership" type="DotNetNuke.HttpModules.DNNMembershipModule, DotNetNuke.HttpModules.DNNMembership" />
      <add name="Personalization" type="DotNetNuke.HttpModules.PersonalizationModule, DotNetNuke.HttpModules.Personalization" />
    </httpModules>
    
    <httpHandlers>
      <add verb="GET" path="FtbWebResource.axd" type="FreeTextBoxControls.AssemblyResourceHandler, FreeTextBox" />
    </httpHandlers>
    
    
    <compilation debug="false" />
    
    <customErrors mode="Off" />
    
    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms name=".DOTNETNUKE" protection="All" timeout="60" />
    </authentication>
    
    
    <httpRuntime useFullyQualifiedRedirectUrl="true" maxRequestLength="8192" />
    
    <globalization culture="en-US" uiCulture="en" requestEncoding="UTF-8" responseEncoding="UTF-8" fileEncoding="UTF-8" />
    
    
    <pages validateRequest="false" enableViewStateMac="true" />
</system.web>
<memberrolesprototype>
    <!-- membership config:
              Attributes:
                  userIsOnlineTimeWindow="int"                Time window (in minutes) to consider a User as being Online after since last activity
                  hashAlgorithmType="[SHA1|SHA512|MD5|...]"   Any valid hash algorithm supported by .NET framework, default is SHA1
              Child nodes:
                <providers>              Providers (class must inherit from MembershipProvider)
                    <add                 Add a provider
                        name="string"    Name to identify this provider instance by
                        type="string"    Class that implements MembershipProvider
                        provider-specific-configuration />

</providers>

Configuration for SqlMembershipProvider and AccessMembershipProvider:
                   connectionStringName="string"              Name corresponding to the entry in <connectionStrings> section where the connection string for the provider is specified
                   passwordAttemptThreshold="int"             The number of failed password attempts, or failed password answer attempts that are allowed before locking out a user?s account
                   passwordAttemptWindow="int"                The time window, in minutes, during which failed password attempts and failed password answer attempts are tracked
                   enablePasswordRetrieval="[true|false]"     Should the provider support password retrievals
                   enablePasswordReset="[true|false]"         Should the provider support password resets
                   requiresQuestionAndAnswer="[true|false]"   Should the provider require Q & A
       minRequiredPasswordLength="int"        The minimum password length
       minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="int" The minimum number of non-alphanumeric characters
                   applicationName="string"                   Optional string to identity the application: defaults to Application Metabase path
                   requiresUniqueEmail="[true|false]"         Should the provider require a unique email to be specified
                   passwordFormat="[Clear|Hashed|Encrypted]" Storage format for the password: Hashed (SHA1), Clear or Encrypted (Triple-DES)
                   description="string"                       Description of what the provider does
        -->
    <membership userIsOnlineTimeWindow="15">
      <providers>
        <add name="DNNSQLMembershipProvider" type="DotNetNuke.Security.Membership.DNNSQLMembershipProvider, DNNSQLMembershipProvider" connectionStringName="SiteSqlServer" enablePasswordRetrieval="true" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" minRequiredPasswordLength="4" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Encrypted" applicationName="/" description="Stores and retrieves membership data from the local Microsoft SQL Server database" />
      </providers>
    </membership>
    <!-- Configuration for roleManager:
                enabled="[true|false]"                            Feature is enabled?
                cacheRolesInCookie="[true|false]"                 Cache roles in cookie?
                cookieName=".ASPXROLES"                           Cookie Name
                createPersistentCookie="[true|false]"             Creates a persistent cookie or session cookie?
                cookieTimeout="30"                                Cookie Timeout
                cookiePath="/"                                    Cookie Path
                cookieRequireSSL="[true|false]"                   Set Secure bit in Cookie
                cookieSlidingExpiration="[true|false]"            Reissue expiring cookies?
                cookieProtection="[None|Validation|Encryption|All]"    How to protect cookies from being read/tampered
                defaultProvider="string"                          Name of provider to use by default
                domain="[domain]"                                 Enables output of the "domain" cookie attribute set to the specified value
                maxCachedResults="int"                            Maximum number of roles to cache in cookie

Child nodes:
<providers> Providers (class must inherit from RoleProvider)

</providers>

<providers> type="TypeName" Class that inherits from System.Web.Security.RoleProvider
providerSpecificConfig Config for the provider

Configuration for SqlRoleProvider:
                   connectionStringName="string" Name corresponding to the entry in <connectionStrings> section where the connection string for the provider is specified
                   description="string"           Description of what the provider does
                   commandTimeout="int"           Command timeout value for SQL command
        -->
    <roleManager cacheRolesInCookie="true" cookieName=".ASPXROLES" cookieTimeout="30" cookiePath="/" cookieRequireSSL="false" cookieSlidingExpiration="true" createPersistentCookie="false" cookieProtection="All">
      <providers>
        <add name="DNNSQLRoleProvider" type="DotNetNuke.Security.Role.DNNSQLRoleProvider, DNNSQLRoleProvider" connectionStringName="SiteSqlServer" applicationName="/" description="Stores and retrieves roles data from the local Microsoft SQL Server database" />
      </providers>
    </roleManager>
    <!--
            Configuration for profile:
             <profile>
                enabled="[true|false]"   Feature is enabled?
                automaticSaveEnabled="[true|false]" Enable automatic save of profile
                inherits="type-name"     Class from which the profile type inherits from. This type must inherit from ProfileBase type.

                <providers>              Providers (class must inherit from ProfileProvider)
                    <add                 Add a provider (only single entry supported)
                        name="string"    Name to identify this provider instance by
                        type="string"    Class that implements ProfileProvider
                        provider-specific-configuration />
                <providers>

<properties>                Optional element. List of properties in the Profile system
                    <add                    Add a property
                            name="string"                 Name of the property
                            type="string"                 Optional. Type of the property. Default: string.
                            readOnly="[true|false]"       Optional. Is Value read-only. Default: false.
                            defaultValue="string"         Optional. Default Value. Default: Empty string.
                            allowAnonymous="[true|false]" Optional. Allow storing values for anonymous users. Default: false.
                            serializeAs=["String|Xml|Binary|ProviderSpecific"] Optional. How to serialize the type. Default: ProviderSpecific.
                        />
                </properties>
             </profile>
        -->
    <profile enabled="true">
      <providers>
        <add name="AspNetSqlProvider" type="DotNetNuke.Users.Profile.DNNSQLProfileProvider, DNNSQLProfileProvider" connectionStringName="SiteSqlServer" applicationName="/" description="Stores and retrieves profile data from the local Microsoft SQL Server database" />
      </providers>
      <properties>
        <add name="FirstName" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="LastName" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="Unit" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="Street" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="City" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="Region" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="PostalCode" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="Country" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="Telephone" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="Fax" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="Cell" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="Website" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="IM" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="TimeZone" type="integer" allowAnonymous="true" />
        <add name="PreferredLocale" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" />
      </properties>
    </profile>
    
    <anonymousIdentification enabled="true" cookieName=".ASPXANONYMOUS" cookieTimeout="100000" cookiePath="/" cookieRequireSSL="false" cookieSlidingExpiration="true" cookieProtection="None" domain="" />
</memberrolesprototype>
<dotnetnuke>
    <htmlEditor defaultProvider="Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        
        <add name="Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider" type="DotNetNuke.HtmlEditor.Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider, DotNetNuke.Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider" providerPath="~\Providers\HtmlEditorProviders\Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider\" toolbarStyle="Office2003" enableProFeatures="false" spellCheck="" />
      </providers>
    </htmlEditor>
    <searchIndex defaultProvider="ModuleIndexProvider">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="ModuleIndexProvider" type="DotNetNuke.Services.Search.ModuleIndexer, DotNetNuke.Search.Index" providerPath="~\Providers\SearchProviders\ModuleIndexer\" />
      </providers>
    </searchIndex>
    <searchDataStore defaultProvider="SearchDataStoreProvider">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="SearchDataStoreProvider" type="DotNetNuke.Services.Search.SearchDataStore, DotNetNuke.Search.DataStore" providerPath="~\Providers\SearchProviders\SearchDataStore\" />
      </providers>
    </searchDataStore>
    <data defaultProvider="SqlDataProvider">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="SqlDataProvider" type="DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider" connectionStringName="SiteSqlServer" upgradeConnectionString="" providerPath="~\Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider\" objectQualifier="" databaseOwner="dbo" />
      </providers>
    </data>
    <logging defaultProvider="XMLLoggingProvider">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="XMLLoggingProvider" type="DotNetNuke.Services.Log.EventLog.XMLLoggingProvider, DotNetNuke.XMLLoggingProvider" configfilename="LogConfig.xml.resources" providerPath="~\Providers\LoggingProviders\XMLLoggingProvider\" />
      </providers>
    </logging>
    <scheduling defaultProvider="DNNScheduler">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="DNNScheduler" type="DotNetNuke.Services.Scheduling.DNNScheduling.DNNScheduler, DotNetNuke.DNNScheduler" providerPath="~\Providers\SchedulingProviders\DNNScheduler\" debug="false" maxThreads="1" />
      </providers>
    </scheduling>
    <friendlyUrl defaultProvider="DNNFriendlyUrl">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="DNNFriendlyUrl" type="DotNetNuke.Services.Url.FriendlyUrl.DNNFriendlyUrlProvider, DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewrite" />
      </providers>
    </friendlyUrl>
</dotnetnuke>
</configuration>

Re: Web.config changes killed my site, Help!

iluv.net — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:40:03 GMT

sorry about the huge post

Thanks alot guys, I've totally backed everything up now, but I'm reluctant to overwrite the whole site, is this the only way to get to the bottom of this.

Bear in mind it was working perfectly, then I backed up web.config and changed the original. Site errored out, so I just replaced the modified web.config with the backed up copy.

The error messages I get change each time I hit refresh...

for example:

Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Access is denied: 'EfficionConsulting.Articles'.

Source Error:

Line 256:                <add assembly="System.EnterpriseServices, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
Line 257:                <add assembly="System.Web.Mobile, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
Line 258:                <add assembly="*"/>
Line 259:            </assemblies>
Line 260:

Source File: c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322\Config\machine.config Line: 258

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to determine why the assembly 'EfficionConsulting.Articles' could not be loaded.

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = EfficionConsulting.Articles
 (Partial)
LOG: Appbase = file:///E:/HSSD Intranet/DotNetNuke
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = bin
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===

LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: EfficionConsulting.Articles
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/28dd00a3/e661e034/EfficionConsulting.Articles.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/28dd00a3/e661e034/EfficionConsulting.Articles/EfficionConsulting.Articles.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///E:/HSSD Intranet/DotNetNuke/bin/EfficionConsulting.Articles.DLL.
LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: EfficionConsulting.Articles, Version=3.1.5.31394, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

Then if I refresh this error

Configuration Error

Line 256:                <add assembly="System.EnterpriseServices, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
Line 257:                <add assembly="System.Web.Mobile, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
Line 258:                <add assembly="*"/>
Line 259:            </assemblies>
Line 260:

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = EfficionConsulting.Articles
 (Partial)
LOG: Appbase = file:///E:/HSSD Intranet/DotNetNuke
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = bin
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===

LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: EfficionConsulting.Articles
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/28dd00a3/e661e034/EfficionConsulting.Articles.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/28dd00a3/e661e034/EfficionConsulting.Articles/EfficionConsulting.Articles.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///E:/HSSD Intranet/DotNetNuke/bin/EfficionConsulting.Articles.DLL.
LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: EfficionConsulting.Articles, Version=3.1.5.31394, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

This is the contents of my web.config (it is an intranet on a closed network)

Re: Web.config changes killed my site, Help!

Leigh Pointer — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:27:04 GMT

This sounds like it could be a Machine Key problem.
Check that you have not accidentally changed your machine key in the web.config file.

Re: Web.config changes killed my site, Help!

DeveloperMCDBA — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:48:07 GMT

I'd backup the database and all the files right now, whatever state they are in.

then, I would get the new version 3.1.0 (http://www.dotnetnuke.com/default.aspx?tabid=125) and unzip those files over it. This version doesn't have a web.config so that you don't overwrite it. It has a release.config. Copy this file and rename the copy to be web.config (you'll have to delete your old one, but you have it backed up, right?)

post any errors here.

Web.config changes killed my site, Help!

iluv.net — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:10:09 GMT

Hi there, please help

I've got DNN 3.0.13 installed, I just added some settings to the web.config file (location specific) and it's killed the site. All sorts of 'Access Denied' woes.

So I put the backup back, so the web.config is exactly how it was originally, but errors continue. Any Ideas? I hope I havent killed 'cause I'll be in big trouble :(