The IIS 500 Error is a generic error.........without server or client side debugging turned on, you may not see the root cause unless you parse the IIS web logs. I would parse the IIS logs just to see what I could find, at the time you see it is hanging.
What is the application mode setting of the web site? It sounds like it may be running either low or medium app mode level. If medium, you could unload the app from within the site properties to unload the app from memory, rather than rebooting the server. Try running it in high isolation mode where it will run in its own memory space (out of process) and will launch its own instance of dllhost.exe. In the event that the application is seen to be crashing, you could perform some debugging. Reference http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ddk/debugging/default.mspx You would have to set up a symbol server (downstream share) and run adplus.vbs to kick off windbg to capture a hang dump of the IIS stack. You mention that the web uses embedded scripts.......would this be a COM+ object? If so, we could look at a couple other things. If you need help debugging the web application......contact me offline. James Gregg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Staaterman (NEW ADDRESS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: IIS Auth issue I am running win2k server sp3+ Occasionally IIS returns a 500 (auth failed I believe) when a post is sent to the secure IIS server. The username and pw can not be bad as it is embedded into scripts. The script basically logs in using a 30 character password and queries a service status. Out of the blue the server will return a 500. A reboot fixes it. Any ideas? Thanks, Brad ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&text_mode=&lang=e nglish To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
