WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:24:18 Z

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

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:59:56 Z

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?

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:01:33 Z

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?

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:04:23 Z

Curtis Ruppe (MicroStaff IT) wrote:

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

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:07:41 Z

Did you do the basic installation, or advanced?

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:37:33 Z

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.

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:53:41 Z

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"

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:05:10 Z

using Kerberos doesn't help

The same error

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:44:45 Z

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.

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:04:45 Z

Unfortunatelly, the folder wasn't created

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 Site cant be created

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:58:51 Z

Any luck with this. I am having the same issue!! Hope this can get some attention from Vole!! (microsoft)

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:04:39 Z

I am also having this same problem. When can we expect an answer?

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:14:14 Z

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

WSS/MOSS 2007 instal failed during installing web application administration in wizard

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:36:46 Z

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.