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 a lot but 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)
