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I have a client who setup SiteMinder on our server and I need to add a web app to the website directory that is the root of the domain. When they browse login.url.com it redirects them to their server, authenticates user, comes back and lands on a 404 page in my IIS. I put the Default.aspx and application files at the Default Website as well as the siteminderagent virtual directory, but they still are getting a 404 error.

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How can I figure out where this application is landing them with a 404?

Also, I installed .NET 3.5 on the server and the app is .NET 3.5, however even after installing it only shows 2.0xx inside the properties window of the default website... do I need to change this?

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You might find what you are looking for in the W3SVC logs. You can see the request as it came in and I would think that should be enlightening. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313437

In the logs, check the substatus code for the 404 responses.

404 Substatus 2 in IIS means: Web service extension lockdown policy prevents this request.

If this is the case, you probably just need to enable the ASP.NET web service extensions. See here: 404 when page exists - IIS 5, ASP.NET 4.0

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  • No, the URL is actually the same currently. If you have the cookie you get the 404, if not you go to the client server and get the cookie. If I already know the URL, how can I reverse figure out which place in IIS the URL points to? – MetaGuru Sep 23 '11 at 18:47
  • You might find what you are looking for in the W3SVC logs. You can see the request as it came in and I would think that should be enlightening. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313437 – unhappyCrackers1 Sep 23 '11 at 18:49
  • All I see is the requests that came in on port 80 to root '/' but no hints as to why the page installed at this location is not loading. Default.aspx is there with all the required files deployed from VS2010, but I have no idea why I am getting a 404. – MetaGuru Sep 26 '11 at 17:26
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    What is the substatus code for the 404 responses? 404 Substatus 2 in IIS means: "Web service extension lockdown policy prevents this request.". If this is the case, you probably just need to enable the ASP.NET web service extensions. See here: http://serverfault.com/questions/29487/404-when-page-exists-iis-5-asp-net-4-0 – unhappyCrackers1 Sep 26 '11 at 18:36
  • I think this might be the problem, ASP.NET 2 was marked as PROHIBITED! Shit I feel really dumb. Just gotta remind myself that my mom doesn't even know the difference between a web page and a PDF so I'm doing pretty good still... hopefully this is the solution, I am waiting to test, then I can award you the answer. Thanks again. – MetaGuru Sep 26 '11 at 19:01
  • Did that end up being the solution? – unhappyCrackers1 Oct 12 '11 at 21:23
  • yes the problem was that the web extension for ASP.NET was disabled in IIS :/ Can you edit your answer to be the comment you made about web service extensions? – MetaGuru Oct 12 '11 at 21:55
  • @Ryan, good call and done. – unhappyCrackers1 Oct 13 '11 at 13:06
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Is default.aspx set as a default document for the sites in question? It sounds like it probably isn't assuming everything else is configured correctly.

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