FP: Error 5 Copying Web with Author Account on IIS

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
• Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, versions 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to copy a Web to a Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), you receive the following error message:

   Server Error: Unable to read configuration information for
   Microsoft Internet Information Server. Error Code 5.

WORKAROUND

To work aournd this problem, you can copy the Web using any of the following methods:

Method 1

Author directly to the server and avoid using the Copy Web command altogether.

Method 2

Use FrontPage Explorer to open the root Web on the destination server, and import files from the author's Web.

Method 3

Grant Windows NT Administrator privileges to your FrontPage authors. Administrators can successfully copy Webs to an Internet Information Server.

Method 4

If the Internet Information Server is running FTP services, you can configure the FTP server to map to the author's root Web; then, you can use the FrontPage Publishing Wizard to transfer Web content to the Internet Information Server.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.