Default Web Site Disappeared from IIS 5.1

In IIS 5.1, running Windows XP Pro...

...my default website disappeared from IIS Manager. I see nothing in the
"Web Sites" Folder.


I can still browse the website through the local host. I can still open my
local web application with visual studio .NET. I can also still restart the
web publishing service, through the "Services" manager, but not through IIS.

This happened a couple days ago, and "they" took away my administrative
rights on my local machine like a month ago, my account has since been in the
Debugger Users group. That is the only thing that I can think of that
actually changed on my machine, but I wouldn't think that would matter. Any
suggestions or advice?

Thanks,

Daniel Sikora
210-221-7173
daniel.sikora@us.army.mil

RE: Default Web Site Disappeared from IIS 5.1

Hello,
If you do not have Administrative privileges then thats possibly why you
are unable to see/administer the sites in IIS. Can you log in with an
Administrative account to confirm this?
To workaround this issue, you can have an Administrator add you as a web
site operator. For more information on this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2989 69
Alternatively, you can have the Administrator give you permissions to
metabase keys (in which case you will be using an unsupported configuration
of IIS) using tools like MetaAcl or Metabase explorer.

HTH,
Yogita Manghnani
Microsoft Developer Support
Internet Information Server

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RE: Default Web Site Disappeared from IIS 5.1

You were correct about the admin rights, that is what I suspected. However,
running IIS under Windows XP Pro, does not have an operators tab under the
default web site to create a web site operators group.

Thanks,

-Danny

"Yogita Manghnani [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hello,
> If you do not have Administrative privileges then thats possibly why you
> are unable to see/administer the sites in IIS. Can you log in with an
> Administrative account to confirm this?
> To workaround this issue, you can have an Administrator add you as a web
> site operator. For more information on this:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2989 69
> Alternatively, you can have the Administrator give you permissions to
> metabase keys (in which case you will be using an unsupported configuration
> of IIS) using tools like MetaAcl or Metabase explorer.
>
> HTH,
> Yogita Manghnani
> Microsoft Developer Support
> Internet Information Server
>
> ************************************************************ *********
> >>Please do not send email directly to this alias. This is an online
> account name for newsgroup participation only.<<
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> You assume all risk for your use.
>
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>
>

RE: Default Web Site Disappeared from IIS 5.1

Hello,
Yes, that option is available on IIS4 and IIS5 only. You would then need to
use MetaACL or Metabase explorer. Be sure to back up your IIS metabase
before modifying any Metabase ACLs.

Thanks,
Yogita Manghnani
Microsoft Developer Support
Internet Information Server

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