Admin Control Panel Error: Disallowed Parent Path (Bruce Lee)

Thu, 20 Mar 2003 01:04:50 GMT

NOTE: This is not required for Advanced edition users. This FAQ is only here for reference purposes.

Q: The setup process went fine, but when I clicked on the admin icon, it showed the following error:

Error Type:
Active Server Pages, ASP 0131 (0x80004005)
The Include file ' ../<xxx>.asp' cannot contain ' ..' to indicate the parent directory.
/forum/admin/default.asp, line 1

A: Your server admin disallowed " parent path" on your site and this has to be fixed by contacting your ISP. If you host your own site, you can enable parent path by performing the following the steps:

Open the Internet Service Manager in the Microsoft Management Console.
Right-click on the Web server in question.
Select Properties on the pop-up menu.
Click the Home Directory tab.
Select Configuration in the Application Settings box.
Click the App Options tab.
Check the Enable Parent Paths option.
Click OK twice to return to the Microsoft Management Console.

Alternatively (not recommended), you can modify the admin control panel source code to replace the " include file" reference with " include virtual" . Please note you will also need to change the value for all server.mappath() calls. This requires working experience with ASP programming and is therefore not recommended.

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