The two need to map to the same server location - A SOLUTION

[dave.kehring]

So many threads about this with few answers. Here's how I solved my
problem.

I was trying to create an ASP.NET website on one of my servers from
Visual Studio.NET 2003 on my development machine. The problem was that
the directory location of the "Default Web Site" node in IIS on the
server did not map to the location where I was trying to create the
new application based on the UNC path. For example, I was trying to
create the application on the following path:

\\myserver\inetpub$\myapplication

This mapped to the physical location:

G:\Inetpub

.... and translates to the URL

http://myserver/myapplication

In IIS on the server I looked at the Default Web Site node because
this is where the IIS will try to create the ASP.NET application
because "http://myserver" translates to this location. Looking at the
Home Directory tab at the Local Path parameter I noticed it was
pointing to the physical location

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot

So, I simply changed this path to G:\Inetpub and it worked. So this is
what the message means by "the two need to map to the same server
location".

Don't forget of course that I had to create a UNC share with the
appropriate permissions for this to work.

Hope this saves someone some time.

Regards,
Dave