Dotnetnuke up and running error

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I developed a DotNetNuke application and hosted it on a web server. When I browse the site, I am getting the following error:

Server Error in '/' Application.

Runtime Error Description: An
application error occurred on the
server. The current custom error
settings for this application prevent
the details of the application error
from being viewed remotely (for
security reasons). It could, however,
be viewed by browsers running on the
local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this
specific error message to be viewable
on remote machines, please create a
<customErrors> tag within a
"web.config" configuration file
located in the root directory of the
current web application. This
<customErrors> tag should then have
its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <customErrors mode="Off"/>
    </system.web> </configuration>

Notes: The current error page you are
seeing can be replaced by a custom
error page by modifying the
"defaultRedirect" attribute of the
application's <customErrors>
configuration tag to point to a custom
error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"
         defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
    </system.web> </configuration>

Can any one tell me how to resolve the problem…

Best Answer

The main problem here is that you aren't getting any detail about what the error. Any success achieved while troubleshooting this without exposing some more detail (or knowledge of your setup) is going to be pretty close to pure luck.

I would suggest following the instructions that this default error message is giving you and editing the web. config file. The file is named "web.config" and it lives in the root of the website.

Open the file and search for "RemoteOnly", you should see something that says customErrors mode="RemoteOnly". Change the "RemoteOnly" to "Off" and save the file. The next time you browse to the site you should see a more detailed error message. Please share that with us here in the form of an update to your current post or as a new question (which I recommend, as it technically will be a different question).

Also, I recommend making a backup copy of the web.config file first before making any changes.

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