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Article ID: 292681 - Last Review: February 21, 2007 - Revision: 2.1

FP2002: Errors When You Browse to SharePoint Team Services Site Administration Page

This article was previously published under Q292681

SYMPTOMS

When you browse to the Site Aministration page of a Web based on SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft, you may receive one of the following error messages:
The page must be viewed over a secure channel. The page you are trying to view requires the use of "https" in the address.
-or-
Server Error: You must use a secure connection (SSL) to author against this server.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) by adding the RequireSSLAdmin setting on the Site Administration page.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, remove the RequireSSLSetting from the Site Adminstration page and use SSL in the IIS interface. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. On the Windows Start menu, click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type cmd and click OK.
  3. At the command prompt, change to the following directory:
    Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\50\Bin
  4. At the command prompt, type the following command
    owsadm.exe -o setproperty -pn requiressladmin -pv disabled
    and press ENTER
  5. At the command prompt, type exit and press ENTER.
  6. Open the Internet Services Manager. To do this, follow the steps for your version of IIS.For IIS 5.0:

    1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and click Administrative Tools.
    2. Double-click Internet Services Manager.
    For IIS 4.0:

    1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack.
    2. Double-click Microsoft Internet Information Server.
    3. Double-click Internet Service Manager.
  7. Right-click the server name, and then click Properties on the menu that appears.
  8. Click the Directory Security tab. Under Secure Communications, click Edit.
  9. Check to select the Require secure channel (SSL) check box and click OK.
  10. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the Owsadm.exe command, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
272945  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=272945/EN-US/ ) STS: Using SharePoint Team Services Command-Line Utility
For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
310932  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=310932/EN-US/ ) FP2002: Where to Find the SharePoint Team Services Administrator's Guide

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions
  • Microsoft SharePoint Team Services
Keywords: 
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