IIS 6.0 - Troubleshooting - Virtual Directory Error
I recently created a virtual directory within IIS 6.0 to house an internal web page structure. After creating the directory, I decided to test and see if all my permissions were correct, so I navigated to the page and received the following error:
You are not authorized to view this page
You might not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied.
HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
After searching through various sites on permissions (even though I was sure I had them correctly set) I was about to give up, then decided to publish a single page to the directory. Once an .htm file was published to the directory, I was able to go right to it without problem. I'm chalking this up to the numerous "mystery" errors which are often thrown by IIS 6.0 - just wanted to make sure if anyone else had this problem they had at least one thing to try before losing more hair.