>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I am in the process of installing an ASP.NET app on the customer virtual server. When I try to run a simple (one line) test.aspx, I get this message:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>Error message 401.2.: Unauthorized: Logon failed due to server configuration.  Verify that you have permission to
>>>> view this directory or page based on the credentials you supplied and the authentication methods enabled on the
>>>> Web server.  Contact the Web server's administrator for additional assistance.
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>What permissions should I be looking at?
>>>>
>>>>Additional information. This is Server 2008 64-bit.
>>>
>>>Can you attach the web.config you are using?
>>>
>>>Have you configured the default page for the website in IIS (you can set start page in you aspnet project, but sometimes IIS ignores that when you publish).
>>
>>You were right; it was my web.config. By mistake, I copied to the customer site "my" copy of web.config that I use for testing on my computer. And it has a million settings. Once I replaced this copy of web.config with my "light" web.config, I can see the page. Sorry for troubling you guys with my silly questions.
>>
>>Thank you.
>
>:-}
>
>Best way of avoiding a recurrence of that problem is to take the time to setup web.config transforms:
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd465318.aspx

Thank you for the link; I will read it. My deployment is usually done via 1980s approach <g>. I copy a ZIP file to the customer site and then unzip it there.