403.14 and defaultDocument

Question

We are having a problem on our web server which is driving us mad!!

When we define defaultDocument in our web.config we always get the dreaded 403.14 Http error. The config is (inside system.webserver):

<defaultDocument enabled="true">
    <files>
        <clear/>
        <add value="~/Forms_Mosaic/Our System.aspx"/>
    </files>
</defaultDocument>

We are using IIS 7.0 and if we turn directory browsing on we can happily browse to the specified file. We have the folders that it reside in set to ANONYMOUS LOGON user credentials and can also access the page with a fully qualified url.

Can anyone suggest why we keep getting this error?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The value you specified is not a valid URL. Try:

<defaultDocument enabled="true">
    <files>
        <clear/>
        <add value="~/Forms_Mosaic/Our%20System.aspx"/>
    </files>
</defaultDocument>