403 (Forbidden) after setting up SSL Redirect

24 Mar 2006 6:51 PM

AHoff

I've gone through the steps of redirecting HTTP requests to HTTPS for OWA as
outlined in KB-839357. I've checked, rechecked, and checked again that all
steps were followed but I still get:

HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
You are not authorized to view this page

My head hurts from banging it on this brick wall. Please help!

Thank you.

25 Mar 2006 12:08 AM

Ken Schaefer

Hi,

Are you using IIS 6.0? Can you check the HTTP substatus code in the IIS
logfiles please (it is, by default, the field immediately after the HTTP
status which will have "403" logged)

Otherwise, if you are using a previous version of IIS, it might not be
obvious why you are getting this error. Is it possible that you have
"require SSL' checked for your custom error page? Or is it possible that the
user account in question (usually the anonymous internet user) doesn't have
NTFS permissions to the file in question?

Cheers
Ken

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"AHoff" <AH***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:86C20C69-6FDB-4713-9880-C5C4796F0013@microsoft.com...
: I've gone through the steps of redirecting HTTP requests to HTTPS for OWA
as
: outlined in KB-839357. I've checked, rechecked, and checked again that all
: steps were followed but I still get:
:
: HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
: You are not authorized to view this page
:
: My head hurts from banging it on this brick wall. Please help!
:
: Thank you.

27 Mar 2006 5:26 PM

AHoff

Yes, sorry, IIS 6. I hope this is what you're referring to:

2006-03-27 17:17:04 W3SVC1 ###.###.###.### POLL /exchange/UserName/Inbox -
80 - ###.###.###.### Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.0) 403 4
5

Thanks for trying to help

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"Ken Schaefer" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Are you using IIS 6.0? Can you check the HTTP substatus code in the IIS
> logfiles please (it is, by default, the field immediately after the HTTP
> status which will have "403" logged)
>
> Otherwise, if you are using a previous version of IIS, it might not be
> obvious why you are getting this error. Is it possible that you have
> "require SSL' checked for your custom error page? Or is it possible that the
> user account in question (usually the anonymous internet user) doesn't have
> NTFS permissions to the file in question?
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
> "AHoff" <AH***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:86C20C69-6FDB-4713-9880-C5C4796F0013@microsoft.com...
> : I've gone through the steps of redirecting HTTP requests to HTTPS for OWA
> as
> : outlined in KB-839357. I've checked, rechecked, and checked again that all
> : steps were followed but I still get:
> :
> : HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
> : You are not authorized to view this page
> :
> : My head hurts from banging it on this brick wall. Please help!
> :
> : Thank you.
>
>
>

28 Mar 2006 3:26 AM

Bernard Cheah [MVP]

403.4 - SSL required.
your redirect is not sent to https?
the request is done via port 80.... so it is only http/

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"AHoff" <AH***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF5BF5AA-8AB7-423E-85B6-F2716C619F96@microsoft.com...
> Yes, sorry, IIS 6. I hope this is what you're referring to:
>
> 2006-03-27 17:17:04 W3SVC1 ###.###.###.### POLL /exchange/UserName/Inbox -
> 80 - ###.###.###.### Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.0)
> 403 4
> 5
>
> Thanks for trying to help
>
> "Ken Schaefer" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are you using IIS 6.0? Can you check the HTTP substatus code in the IIS
>> logfiles please (it is, by default, the field immediately after the HTTP
>> status which will have "403" logged)
>>
>> Otherwise, if you are using a previous version of IIS, it might not be
>> obvious why you are getting this error. Is it possible that you have
>> "require SSL' checked for your custom error page? Or is it possible that
>> the
>> user account in question (usually the anonymous internet user) doesn't
>> have
>> NTFS permissions to the file in question?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ken
>>
>> "AHoff" <AH***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:86C20C69-6FDB-4713-9880-C5C4796F0013@microsoft.com...
>> : I've gone through the steps of redirecting HTTP requests to HTTPS for
>> OWA
>> as
>> : outlined in KB-839357. I've checked, rechecked, and checked again that
>> all
>> : steps were followed but I still get:
>> :
>> : HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
>> : You are not authorized to view this page
>> :
>> : My head hurts from banging it on this brick wall. Please help!
>> :
>> : Thank you.
>>
>>
>>

28 Mar 2006 12:45 PM

David Wang [Msft]

Well, the URL is requiring SSL but you went over HTTP, so 403.4 is correctly
returned.

Did you make sure that the URL Custom Error configured for that 403.4 does
NOT require SSL? Because then that would be catch 22 - You came in on HTTP
to an SSL-only URL, so a 403.4 is sent... but to see the 403.4, you also
need SSL...

--
//David
IIS
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
//

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"AHoff" <AH***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF5BF5AA-8AB7-423E-85B6-F2716C619F96@microsoft.com...
> Yes, sorry, IIS 6. I hope this is what you're referring to:
>
> 2006-03-27 17:17:04 W3SVC1 ###.###.###.### POLL /exchange/UserName/Inbox -
> 80 - ###.###.###.### Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.0)
> 403 4
> 5
>
> Thanks for trying to help
>
> "Ken Schaefer" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are you using IIS 6.0? Can you check the HTTP substatus code in the IIS
>> logfiles please (it is, by default, the field immediately after the HTTP
>> status which will have "403" logged)
>>
>> Otherwise, if you are using a previous version of IIS, it might not be
>> obvious why you are getting this error. Is it possible that you have
>> "require SSL' checked for your custom error page? Or is it possible that
>> the
>> user account in question (usually the anonymous internet user) doesn't
>> have
>> NTFS permissions to the file in question?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ken
>>
>> "AHoff" <AH***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:86C20C69-6FDB-4713-9880-C5C4796F0013@microsoft.com...
>> : I've gone through the steps of redirecting HTTP requests to HTTPS for
>> OWA
>> as
>> : outlined in KB-839357. I've checked, rechecked, and checked again that
>> all
>> : steps were followed but I still get:
>> :
>> : HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
>> : You are not authorized to view this page
>> :
>> : My head hurts from banging it on this brick wall. Please help!
>> :
>> : Thank you.
>>
>>
>>