Relative reference to parent folder on Win2003

[John Kotuby]

Hi all,
I have a rather large classic ASP application that uses relative references
like

...\common\connection.asp

all over the place in about 60 pages. The application works OK on my XP Pro
machine but does not work on a Windows 2003 Server. Is there a way to set
the server to accept the reference to the Parent folder? Does it have
something to do with IIS lockdown? Or IIS Version 5 instead of 6?

TIA

[Dave Anderson]

John Kotuby wrote:

Hi all,
I have a rather large classic ASP application that uses relative
references like

..\common\connection.asp

all over the place in about 60 pages. The application works OK on my
XP Pro machine but does not work on a Windows 2003 Server. Is there a
way to set the server to accept the reference to the Parent folder?
Does it have something to do with IIS lockdown? Or IIS Version 5
instead of 6?

Parent paths are not enabled by default in IIS6:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/332117

You can easily turn them on for just your application or, if neccessary, for
the entire site.

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Dave Anderson

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[John Kotuby]

Many thanks Dave...

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John Kotuby wrote:

>Hi all,
I have a rather large classic ASP application that uses relative
references like

..\common\connection.asp

all over the place in about 60 pages. The application works OK on my
XP Pro machine but does not work on a Windows 2003 Server. Is there a
way to set the server to accept the reference to the Parent folder?
Does it have something to do with IIS lockdown? Or IIS Version 5
instead of 6?

Parent paths are not enabled by default in IIS6:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/332117

You can easily turn them on for just your application or, if neccessary,
for the entire site.

--
Dave Anderson

Unsolicited commercial email will be read at a cost of $500 per message.
Use of this email address implies consent to these terms.