How to find the error detail on Sharepoint Services 3?

Question

Hi there

I remembered that there is a log file that you can check for Sharepoint Services 3.0. I don't remember where I can find this. The reason I ask this I have an error when implementing the new template and it works on one, but not on the other machine. The error on the page is very generic: "The template you have choosen is invalid or can not be found".

Thanks

Answer 1

It's easier to have the error displayed completely. You can enable this by modifying the web.config.

Find the SafeMode entry in your web.config and change CallStack="false" to CallStack="true". Then find the customErrors entry and set mode to mode="Off". Now errors will be shown as a complete ASP.NET error screen

Answer 2

SharePoint log files are usually in the "Logs" folder in the '12 Hive' which by default is in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\Logs.