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  • Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:24 PMMichael Nemtsev [MVP]MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Does anybody know how to solve an issue with installation of SharePoint
    Server 2007 or WSS 2007 on Windows 2003 Enterprise SP1 environment (have already
    installed .NET 3.0, Sql Express 2005)

    Both are installed, but failed when wizard config services and other stuff.


    Step 7 of "SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard" fails
    with the error:

    - Failed to provision the SharePoint Central Administration Web Application

    An exception of type System.ArgumentException was thrown.
    Additional exception information: Absolure path information is required.

    The log contains this information:
    ........
    07/10/2007 16:01:35 7 INF Leaving function
    Parameter.IsDefinedValueChosen
    07/10/2007 16:01:35 7 INF Disabling
    Kerberos for the provisioned adminvs...
    07/10/2007 16:01:36 7 ERR Task adminvs has
    failed with an unknown exception
    07/10/2007 16:01:36 7 ERR Exception:
    System.ArgumentException: Absolute path information is required.
    at
    System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CreateListFromExpressions(String[]
    str, Boolean needFullPath)
    at
    System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess
    access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean
    checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList)
    at
    System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAccess
    access, String path)
    at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisSettings.get_Path()
    at
    Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPProvisioningAssistant.ProvisionWebApplication(String
    webApplicationName, String applicationPoolName, SPIisSettings[] settings,
    Boolean adminWebApp)
    at
    Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.ProvisionIisWebSitesAsAdministrator()
    at
    Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.ProvisionIisWebSites()
    at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.Provision()
    at
    Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication.Provision()
    at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebServiceInstance.Provision()
    at
    Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.CentralAdministrationSiteTask.ProvisionAdminVs()
    at
    Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.CentralAdministrationSiteTask.Run()
    at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
    ...........

    Any help will be greatly appreciated

     

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  • Friday, July 13, 2007 12:37 PMCurtis Ruppe _MicroStaff IT_ Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    A couple things to verify:

    • Your Default Web Site should be disabled.
    • You should already have a folder structure for your SharePoint web sites: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories.

    Please verify these two.

     

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  • Friday, July 13, 2007 10:59 AMMichael Nemtsev [MVP]MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I've tried to install from the domain account with admin rights.

    Seems that there is some kind of problems that WSS/MOSS 2007 installed under domain has limited access to IIS and can't install admin website, rising the exception.

     

    Can anybody escalate this issue?

     
  • Friday, July 13, 2007 12:01 PMCurtis Ruppe _MicroStaff IT_ Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    You must have administrative access on the local box, and be a sysadmin on SQL server to perform this task.  Assuming that is the case, did you try to install the Central Administration site with Kerberos?  If so, you can change to that setting later on, using the Central Administration console.  Try installing without Kerberos.  Also, is ASP.NET 2.0 configured for IIS?
     
  • Friday, July 13, 2007 12:04 PMMichael Nemtsev [MVP]MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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     Curtis Ruppe (MicroStaff IT) wrote:
    You must have administrative access on the local box, and be a sysadmin on SQL server to perform this task.  Assuming that is the case, did you try to install the Central Administration site with Kerberos?  If so, you can change to that setting later on, using the Central Administration console.  Try installing without Kerberos.  Also, is ASP.NET 2.0 configured for IIS?

     

    I'm admin on the local box

    I'm sysadmin on SQL (btw installing DB complete successfully)

    Network System accoung has db_create rights on DB

    Installed with NTLM only

    IIS configured for ASP.NET 2.0

     

     
  • Friday, July 13, 2007 12:07 PMCurtis Ruppe _MicroStaff IT_ Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Did you do the basic installation, or advanced?
     
  • Friday, July 13, 2007 12:37 PMCurtis Ruppe _MicroStaff IT_ Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    A couple things to verify:

    • Your Default Web Site should be disabled.
    • You should already have a folder structure for your SharePoint web sites: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories.

    Please verify these two.

     
  • Friday, July 13, 2007 12:53 PMMichael Nemtsev [MVP]MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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     Curtis Ruppe (MicroStaff IT) wrote:

    A couple things to verify:

    • Your Default Web Site should be disabled.
    • You should already have a folder structure for your SharePoint web sites: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories.

    Please verify these two.

    I performed BASIC install

     

    1) Just stop Default web site or what?

    2) I have no "wss\VirtualDirectories" directories into "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot"

     
  • Friday, July 13, 2007 6:05 PMMichael Nemtsev [MVP]MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    using Kerberos doesn't help

    The same error

     
  • Friday, July 13, 2007 7:44 PMCurtis Ruppe _MicroStaff IT_ Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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     Michael Nemtsev wrote:
     Curtis Ruppe (MicroStaff IT) wrote:

    A couple things to verify:

    • Your Default Web Site should be disabled.
    • You should already have a folder structure for your SharePoint web sites: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories.

    Please verify these two.

    I performed BASIC install

     

    1) Just stop Default web site or what?

    2) I have no "wss\VirtualDirectories" directories into "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot"

    That is your problem.  Uninstall SharePoint, and then re-install.  Use Basic installation if you wish, but before it can create the Central Administration site, that directory structure must be in place.

     
  • Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:04 AMMichael Nemtsev [MVP]MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Unfortunatelly, the folder wasn't created Sad

    I've removed the Sharepoint, check that the user has all rights to the C:\intetpub folder.

    Then start install. After install completed there were no wss folder in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot.

    Is it created on the installing stage or in wizard stage?

    After running Sharepoint Wizard I have the same problem Sad Site cant be created

     
  • Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:58 AMMatt Schuler Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Any luck with this.  I am having the same issue!!  Hope this can get some attention from Vole!! (microsoft)
     
  • Friday, January 25, 2008 9:04 PMDennis_R Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I am also having this same problem.  When can we expect an answer?

     

     
  • Friday, January 25, 2008 9:14 PMMichael Nemtsev [MVP]MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Check if you have FrontPage Server Extentions installed in Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs -> Add or Remove Windows Component -> Application Server -> IIS

     

    If you have - remove it.

    And try run Sharepoint Wizard again

     
  • Friday, January 25, 2008 9:36 PMDennis_R Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I do not have FrontPage Server Extentions installed.  I have another machine were I was able to successfully install and noticed that on this machine that the folder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot has the following settings on the wwwroot Properties window:

     

    Share on:  Default Web Site

    Share on this folder is checked

    Aliases = /

     

    On the machine that I can not successfully install I tried to set these same settings on the folder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot and it tells me Alias name "/" contains seperator characters.  Please enter a different alias.  So I just left it set to Do not share this folder.