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BUG: Local Web Is Not Created with Same Properties as Master Web

Article ID: 191040

Article Last Modified on 3/7/2005

Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q191040

SYMPTOMS

When the user changes into Local mode, the Web behavior may change. Most noticeable is the change of access permissions or authentication type for the Web.

CAUSE

When a local Web is created, it is created with the default Web configuration. None of the settings that are made in the Web Properties of the Master Web are propagated to the Local Web.

RESOLUTION

You must manually set the Local Web properties to match those of the Master Web.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

On a computer with Internet Information Server (IIS) and Visual InterDev 6.0 (Computer A), create a Web project against another Web server (Computer B).
Close Visual InterDev.
On Computer B, open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and set the directory security on the Web to not allow anonymous.
Start Visual InterDev, and reopen the project.
Change to Local mode.
On Computer A, open the MMC and check the directory security on the local Web. Anonymous access is allowed.

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