Changed Computer Name = I Am Screwed

For networking reasons I have just changed the name of my PC. Eventually I
got the network working.

Today I opened FrontPage and went to do some work on a web I am building and
disaster. I cannot make any changes to any pages, I get the error:

Server error: Cannot open file "c\inetpub\wwwroot\[page name]" for writing.

It has to be some kind of permissioning problem, but I have no idea what it
is or more importantly how to solve it. If anyone has any ideas please let
me have then - urgently.

Many thanks,

Paul Smith

Ratatooie
Mon Jan 30 16:34:17 CST 2006


"Paul W Smith" <pwsNOSPAM@twelve.me.uk> wrote in message
news:43de54b1$0$1452$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> For networking reasons I have just changed the name of my PC. Eventually
> I got the network working.
>
> Today I opened FrontPage and went to do some work on a web I am building
> and disaster. I cannot make any changes to any pages, I get the error:
>
> Server error: Cannot open file "c\inetpub\wwwroot\[page name]" for
> writing.
>
> It has to be some kind of permissioning problem, but I have no idea what
> it is or more importantly how to solve it. If anyone has any ideas please
> let me have then - urgently.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Paul Smith
>
>

Haul out your CD rom of Windows, uninstall IIS and reinstall IIS.

FrontPage server extenions DO NOT LIKE you changing the computer name.

As I recall, that was all that was needed and the webs themselves were
unharmed. (Still, you should make a backup of the files first.)

jeff
Mon Jan 30 17:45:42 CST 2006

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:02:29 -0000, "Paul W Smith"
<pwsNOSPAM@twelve.me.uk> wrote:

>For networking reasons I have just changed the name of my PC. Eventually I
>got the network working.
>
>Today I opened FrontPage and went to do some work on a web I am building and
>disaster. I cannot make any changes to any pages, I get the error:
>
>Server error: Cannot open file "c\inetpub\wwwroot\[page name]" for writing.
>
>It has to be some kind of permissioning problem, but I have no idea what it
>is or more importantly how to solve it. If anyone has any ideas please let
>me have then - urgently.

Just changing the system name won't do this. But check FPSE
permissions in IIS an the NTFS permissions on the files/folders. Make
sure the account you're using has at least Modify.

Jeff