Something serious has happened. I’m trying to set the authentication provider for a newly created web site (Application Management -> Authentication Providers). I try to set it to either Forms or Windows (the setting doesn’t matter).
When I click save I get...
Failed to apply a web.config modification to file 'configuration/system.web/pages'. The specified node "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\testsolution9\web.config" was not found in the web.config file. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebConfigFileChanges.ApplyModificationsWebConfigXmlDocument(XmlDocument xdWebConfig, String filepath)
I check the web.config file and the section is present! Here it is...
<pages enableSessionState="true" enableViewState="true" enableViewStateMac="true" validateRequest="false" pageParserFilterType="Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationRuntime.SPPageParserFilter, Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" asyncTimeout="7">
<namespaces>
<remove namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts" />
</namespaces>
<tagMapping>
<add tagType="System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSource, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" mappedTagType="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPSqlDataSource, Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" />
</tagMapping>
</pages>
However I don’t get the error when I select an old web application to change provider. I’ve even copied the entire contents of the old web.config into the new sites’ web.config, but I still get the same error.
On a separate but related note I have a solution that adds the ajax entries into the web.config file and it produces the same error message.
I’ve googled and googled and can’t seem to get anywhere, they all say “add in the pages section” but it’s already there?
Update 1 I've been looking through the sharepoint logs (yuk) and have got these entries, the last one being the actual error.
03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/configSections Node name - sectionGroup[@name='system.web.extensions'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='system.web.extensions'] Node name - sectionGroup[@name='scripting'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='system.web.extensions']/sectionGroup[@name='scripting'] Node name - section[@name='scriptResourceHandler'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='system.web.extensions']/sectionGroup[@name='scripting'] Node name - sectionGroup[@name='webServices'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='system.web.extensions']/sectionGroup[@name='scripting']/sectionGroup[@name='webServices'] Node name - section[@name='authenticationService'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='system.web.extensions']/sectionGroup[@name='scripting']/sectionGroup[@name='webServices'] Node name - section[@name='jsonSerialization'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/configSections/sectionGroup[@name='system.web.extensions']/sectionGroup[@name='scripting']/sectionGroup[@name='webServices'] Node name - section[@name='profileService'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/SharePoint/SafeControls Node name - SafeControl[@Assembly='System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'][@Namespace='System.Web.UI'][@TypeName='*'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.diagnostics/switches Node name - add[@name='DiagnosticsSwitchesGeneralMod'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.diagnostics/switches Node name - add[@name='DiagnosticsSwitchesHttpModuleExceptionHandlerMod'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration Node name - system.web.extensions Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.web.extensions Node name - scripting Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.web.extensions/scripting Node name - webServices Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.web/compilation/assemblies Node name - add[@assembly='System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.web/httpHandlers Node name - add[@path='*.asmx'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.web/httpHandlers Node name - add[@path='*_AppService.axd'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.web/httpHandlers Node name - add[@path='ScriptResource.axd'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.web/httpModules Node name - add[@name='HttpModulesMod'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.web/httpModules Node name - add[@name='ScriptModule'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services Topology 8gp8 Medium Adding web config node - Path - configuration/system.web/httpModules Node name - add[@name='Session'] Node value - 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11 w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services General 8nca Verbose Application error when access /_admin/Authentication.aspx, Error=Failed to apply a web.config modification to file 'configuration/system.web/pages'. The specified node "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\testsolution11\web.config" was not found in the web.config file. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebConfigFileChanges.ApplyModificationsWebConfigXmlDocument(XmlDocument xdWebConfig, String filepath) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.ApplyWebConfigModifications() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.Provision() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.UpdateAuthenticationSettings(SPUrlZone zone, SPIisSettings newSettings, Boolean createJob) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.Updat... 03/30/2010 14:12:54.11* w3wp.exe (0x17C4) 0x1F00 Windows SharePoint Services General 8nca Verbose ...eAuthenticationSettings(SPUrlZone zone, SPIisSettings newSettings) at Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.AuthenticationPage.BtnSave_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
