BUG: Local Web is Not Created with Same Properties as Master Web

ID: Q191040

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When the user changes into Local mode, the Web behavior may change. Most noticeable is the change of access permissions or authentication type for the Web.


CAUSE

When a local Web is created, it is created with the default Web configuration. None of the settings made in the Web Properties of the Master Web are propagated to the Local Web.


RESOLUTION

You must manually set the Local Web properties to match those of the Master Web.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. On a machine with Internet Information Server (IIS) and Visual InterDev 6.0 (machine A), create a Web project against another Web server (machine B).


  2. Close Visual InterDev.


  3. On machine B, open the MMC and set the directory security on the Web to not allow anonymous.


  4. Start Visual InterDev and reopen the project.


  5. Change to Local mode.


  6. On machine A, open the MMC and check the directory security on the local Web.


Anonymous access is allowed.

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbVisID600 kbVisID600bug kbGrpASP 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 24, 1999