Hi. I am running IIS 8 on Server 2012. I have three Web sites running on the machine, along with companion FTP sites. Two HTTP sites are public; one is private (password protected). Everything is fine on the public sites, but I am having trouble getting the private site to work as expected.
I have set up the private site with a Windows User account. I am using Basic Authentication. When I point a browser to the addresshttp://www.doimain.com I receive the following error:
"Server Error in '/' Application. Runtime error."
However, when I point a browser to the address http://www.domain.com/default.htm" it works fine. I see a log-in box and the site works as expected. Note that the only difference between the successful and unsuccessful log-in is that the actual file name of the home page is included (default.htm).
I have checked the Default Page settings in IIS and "default.htm" is on the list.
What am I missing here? Thanks,
PS: Is there a way to create a password-protected site without the need to create Windows User Accounts for it? It would be very convenient to have a database (or just a list) of username/password combinations that could be used for this purpose. I noticed that a contributor to this site has posted such a plug-in, but the last documentation on it appears to be for IIS 7.