No longer able to publish from FP 2003

I have a number of web sites on the IIS 5.0 server located on my development
workstation. All of a sudden, I can no longer publish any of them from FP
2003. When I click "File/Publish Web", the "Remote Web Site Properties"
dialog box opens, I set up the URL for the local server and depress OK at
which time I get an error message:

"A Web site doesn't exist at http://myserver/myweb/mypage.htm , would you
like FrontPage to create a Web site at that location?"

Clicking "yes" brings me back into a loop to the "Remote Web Site
Properties" box again.

None of this makes sense since the web DOES exist (I can access it from IE
6.0).

At other times, it accepts my command but demands a user name and password.
Even though I am logged as an Administrator, none of my entries work.

Finally, going into IIS, selecting "Server Extensions 2002" and clicking on
"Settings" takes me to:


http://myserver/_sharepoint/fpadmdll.dll?page=genset.htm&port=/LM/W3SVC/1

only to tell me:

"You are not authorized to view this page
You do not have permission to view this page using your current user
account.
Please try the following:

If you have another user account with a higher level of
permission, click
your browser's Back button to try again using that account.
If you believe you should be able to view this page, contact the
Web site administrator"

It sounds like a permission issue, but I am not sure of where to go from
here. I have checked permissions both at the PC level and on IIS and have
tried a number of things without success. Any ideas?

Christian
Wed Mar 03 18:38:22 CST 2004

Problem was resolved as follows:
1. Disabled simplified file sharing
2. Went into IIS 5.0 and set up new security settings under a "Secure Web
Site scenario"
That fixed the problem.
Why this happened in the first place and why it was working before that fix
remains a mystery.
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"Christian Courvoisier" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I have a number of web sites on the IIS 5.0 server located on my
development
> workstation. All of a sudden, I can no longer publish any of them from FP
> 2003. When I click "File/Publish Web", the "Remote Web Site Properties"
> dialog box opens, I set up the URL for the local server and depress OK at
> which time I get an error message:
>
> "A Web site doesn't exist at http://myserver/myweb/mypage.htm , would you
> like FrontPage to create a Web site at that location?"
>
> Clicking "yes" brings me back into a loop to the "Remote Web Site
> Properties" box again.
>
> None of this makes sense since the web DOES exist (I can access it from IE
> 6.0).
>
> At other times, it accepts my command but demands a user name and
password.
> Even though I am logged as an Administrator, none of my entries work.
>
> Finally, going into IIS, selecting "Server Extensions 2002" and clicking
on
> "Settings" takes me to:
>
>
> http://myserver/_sharepoint/fpadmdll.dll?page=genset.htm&port=/LM/W3SVC/1
>
> only to tell me:
>
> "You are not authorized to view this page
> You do not have permission to view this page using your current
user
> account.
> Please try the following:
>
> If you have another user account with a higher level of
> permission, click
> your browser's Back button to try again using that account.
> If you believe you should be able to view this page, contact
the
> Web site administrator"
>
> It sounds like a permission issue, but I am not sure of where to go from
> here. I have checked permissions both at the PC level and on IIS and have
> tried a number of things without success. Any ideas?
>
>