I am new to DNN and although I have successfully managed to install it localaly under XP but I am having great difficulty getting it to work on my web server.

I am trying to set-up DNN 4.7 on a virtual server (running Win2003) that uses Plesk/Virtuozzo 8.2. I also have Remote Desktop access to the server.

I have created a subdomain called dnn in my domain and unziped the files to this location. Renamed release.config to web.config. I have given Network Service full access to the files. When I try and access the site I get the following message:

Access to the path 'C:\Inetpub\vhosts\<my domain>\subdomains\dnn\httpdocs\\DotNetNuke.config' is denied. The URL shown in the browser is: http://dnn.<my domain>/Install/InstallWizard.aspx

There are two \\ together and it would appear to me that the word config is missing. I can see the error because I am trying to access the site through remote desktop. Otherwise I just get the generic Runtime Error message.

I have not done anything with regard databases as it would appear from the web.config file that it automatically attaches the database in the App_Data folder. Is that right? I didn't need to do anything when I tried it under XP.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Gary.

Erik,

Thanks for your reply. Indeed the Application Pool identity was not Network Service and so I have given that full access and all seems to be working now.

Also, have taken your advice and connected to a new SQL Server database rather than using the SQLExpress file method. I let the Wizard make the changes to the web.config file.

thanks,

Gary.