Forbidden access to ReportServer (error 403)

[rgparkins@hotmail.com]

Hi,

I am gradually tearing my hair out and other bits of my anatomy tryong
to get web access to my reportserver.

Currently I can access the rportmanager via a web interface and
configure user access etc etc, at which point the fun begins.

When I try to browse to the URL
http://domain/reportserver?/reachUmobile/Users I get a 403 error,
so.....

I check the permissions on the directory and the web directories and
add what I think are the user accounts needed to access these resources
but unfortunately I am at a position where I have added EVERY user
account with FULL control to both the directories AND the report
manager via the web browser.

I cant possibly add any more user/permissions and I have been trying to
find the problem for a day now and getting rather "angry"..

Anyway, apologies if there is not enough info here but if any of you
guys know of any good resources that are available (I have tried
books/web etc) then I would be grateful for any pointers to debugging,
logs etc (I have checked the usual logs and nothing!)

Short of uninstalling the report server I have tried everything, and I
dont really want to go that route as the previous developer didn;t
leave me the report project (.NET). bugger....

Anyway really appreciate some help on this..

Many thanks

Richard


place in the url create and update the settings for all my datasources
via the reportmanager.
2.

[Simon Hayes]

Re: Forbidden access to ReportServer (error 403)

I have no idea myself, but there are a number of messages about error
403 in microsoft.publi c.sqlserver.rep ortingsvcs:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs/search?hl=en&group=microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs&q=403&qt_g=1&searchnow=Search+this+group

Simon

[rgparkins@hotmail.com]

Re: Forbidden access to ReportServer (error 403)

Thats a great shout Simon,

I found this comment from your link and hey presto I now have access to
the pages (Still have a data connection problem but I think this
shoulld be easily fixed)

"Quote"
It sounds like your IIS setting may be incorrect. Have you done
anything to
them, outside of switching them to basic? If you click on the
properties
tab for the ReportServer virtual directory, then click the
configuration
button. You should see a mapping for extension * that maps to the
aspnet_isapi.dl l. If that mapping is not there then RS will not work.


Many thanks

Richard