server application unavailable

hallo,
i'm going to ask a solution for a "classic" problem. actually i read a
lot about possible solutions to it but i was not able to solve it.
the "patient" is:
- a test server where i have "limited" power (alias, i cannot re-
install everything i want :-/)
- Windows 2000 sp 4 w/ iis 5.0
- .net frameworks installed: 1.0, 1.1, 2.0
- a bunch of *working* webapplications associated w/ framework 1.1
- a web application which does not work associated w/ framework 2.0 (i
checked the associations with the ASPNETVersionSwitcher tool)
symptoms:
- when i load the not-working application via browser, i get the red
error message "Server Application Unavailable"
- i checked the Event Viewer, here is what it says:
1. aspnet_wp.exe (PID: 2620) stopped unexpectedly.
2. Failed to execute the request because the ASP.NET process identity
does not have read permissions to the global assembly cache. Error:
0x80004005 Unspecified error
what i did:
- i read these two articles telling how to set the permission for
<machinename>\ASPNET account:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sh...135969&SiteID=1
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=...B811320&x=9&y=9
still, after having set the permissions as the articles say, the
problem still remains.
do you have any other suggestions?
francesco
PS
all the guides i read say that after installing .net framework v2.0 it
should appear a tab titled "ASP.NET" in the iis web site property
page... that does not happen to me. is that normal?Last time I had error like that ASP.NET did not have any permissions (I
think all it need is read) to the BIN folder of my application
George.
"Francesco Spegni" <francesco.spegni@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1174993540.662501.226120@.l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> hallo,
> i'm going to ask a solution for a "classic" problem. actually i read a
> lot about possible solutions to it but i was not able to solve it.
> the "patient" is:
> - a test server where i have "limited" power (alias, i cannot re-
> install everything i want :-/)
> - Windows 2000 sp 4 w/ iis 5.0
> - .net frameworks installed: 1.0, 1.1, 2.0
> - a bunch of *working* webapplications associated w/ framework 1.1
> - a web application which does not work associated w/ framework 2.0 (i
> checked the associations with the ASPNETVersionSwitcher tool)
> symptoms:
> - when i load the not-working application via browser, i get the red
> error message "Server Application Unavailable"
> - i checked the Event Viewer, here is what it says:
> 1. aspnet_wp.exe (PID: 2620) stopped unexpectedly.
> 2. Failed to execute the request because the ASP.NET process identity
> does not have read permissions to the global assembly cache. Error:
> 0x80004005 Unspecified error
> what i did:
> - i read these two articles telling how to set the permission for
> <machinename>\ASPNET account:
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sh...135969&SiteID=1
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=...B811320&x=9&y=9
> still, after having set the permissions as the articles say, the
> problem still remains.
> do you have any other suggestions?
> francesco
> PS
> all the guides i read say that after installing .net framework v2.0 it
> should appear a tab titled "ASP.NET" in the iis web site property
> page... that does not happen to me. is that normal?
>
thanks, but the user (<machine_name>/ASPNET) has access to the bin
directory :-/
On 27 Mar, 13:38, "George Ter-Saakov" <gt-...@.cardone.com> wrote:
> Last time I had error like that ASP.NET did not have any permissions (I
> think all it need is read) to the BIN folder of my application
> George.
> "Francesco Spegni" <francesco.spe...@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1174993540.662501.226120@.l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
I think you answered your own question. the ASPNET process cannot read the
GAC. So you need to find out how to grant the proper permissions.
Sounds like you've got a messed up installation. Also, make sure your 2.0
app(s) are running under their OWN application pool.
Peter
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"Francesco Spegni" wrote:

> hallo,
> i'm going to ask a solution for a "classic" problem. actually i read a
> lot about possible solutions to it but i was not able to solve it.
> the "patient" is:
> - a test server where i have "limited" power (alias, i cannot re-
> install everything i want :-/)
> - Windows 2000 sp 4 w/ iis 5.0
> - .net frameworks installed: 1.0, 1.1, 2.0
> - a bunch of *working* webapplications associated w/ framework 1.1
> - a web application which does not work associated w/ framework 2.0 (i
> checked the associations with the ASPNETVersionSwitcher tool)
> symptoms:
> - when i load the not-working application via browser, i get the red
> error message "Server Application Unavailable"
> - i checked the Event Viewer, here is what it says:
> 1. aspnet_wp.exe (PID: 2620) stopped unexpectedly.
> 2. Failed to execute the request because the ASP.NET process identity
> does not have read permissions to the global assembly cache. Error:
> 0x80004005 Unspecified error
> what i did:
> - i read these two articles telling how to set the permission for
> <machinename>\ASPNET account:
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sh...135969&SiteID=1
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=...B811320&x=9&y=9
> still, after having set the permissions as the articles say, the
> problem still remains.
> do you have any other suggestions?
> francesco
> PS
> all the guides i read say that after installing .net framework v2.0 it
> should appear a tab titled "ASP.NET" in the iis web site property
> page... that does not happen to me. is that normal?
>
On 28 Mar, 01:01, Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]
<pbromb...@.yahoo.yabbadabbadoo.com> wrote:
> I think you answered your own question. the ASPNET process cannot read the
> GAC. So you need to find out how to grant the proper permissions.
> Sounds like you've got a messed up installation. Also, make sure your 2.0
> app(s) are running under their OWN application pool.
> Peter
uhm,
i'm not an expert in iis but i think that application pools are
configurable for iis 6 or successive ones, while i'm using iis 5. am i
wrong? if i'm wrong, could you point me to some documentation about
that?
moreover: which files is the GAC made of, actually? just the ones in
%windir%\assembly? i'm asking you this because i've already checked
they are readable by ASPNET user.
thanks
francesco