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[2/9/2007 2:52:57 AM] ERROR: Can't ExtendVirtualServer 'Windows SharePoint Services 3.0' provider
System.Exception: Error creating SharePoint site ---> System.ArgumentException: (local) is an invalid or loopback address.  Specify a valid server address.

I'm not sure... may be problem in db path? (local)\SQLExpress is true path...

Sps group and users has been created ok.

Is your holding / parking page .aspx or .htm? Make it a .htm and it might solve the problem.

Lord Daedra:

[2/9/2007 2:52:57 AM] ERROR: Can't ExtendVirtualServer 'Windows SharePoint Services 3.0' provider
System.Exception: Error creating SharePoint site ---> System.ArgumentException: (local) is an invalid or loopback address.  Specify a valid server address.

I'm not sure... may be problem in db path? (local)\SQLExpress is true path...

Sps group and users has been created ok.

Try changing the server address from local to the machine name or IP. Local does not work.

Lord Daedra:

[2/9/2007 2:52:57 AM] ERROR: Can't ExtendVirtualServer 'Windows SharePoint Services 3.0' provider
System.Exception: Error creating SharePoint site ---> System.ArgumentException: (local) is an invalid or loopback address.  Specify a valid server address.

I'm not sure... may be problem in db path? (local)\SQLExpress is true path...

Sps group and users has been created ok.

Please read the remainder of this topic, there have been several of us with this issue which Taylex has replied to each time with the same answer.

Sorry... thanks

I had the same issue with the WSS installed as a web-front. I was not able to acces the first SP site created by DNP. What I have done:

• change the AppPool from ASP.NET (NS) to MSSharePointAppPool (SystemLocal)
• logged in to SP site with created user
• change back the AppPool from to MSSharePointAppPool (SystemLocal) to ASP.NET (NS)
• logged in to SP site with the same user !!!

Hi!

I know this topic is quite old, but i want to let you know my experience with WSS 3.0 SP2 and DNP 2.4.1 on Windows Server 2003 Web Edition.

In addition to this my setup consists of:
- MS IIS 6.0 (with FTP, SMTP and WebDAV)
- ASP 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 (2.0 and greater work under ASP 2.0 pool, as these are build upon 2.0 architecture)
- PHP 5.2.6 with PEAR
- PEARL
- CGI
- hMailServer 4.4.1 (running on Port 25 as the front end mail server - relaying to MS SMTP what it can't process)
- MS SMTP (running on Port 26 - firewalled - used for email-enabling WSS-Sites, as hMailServer puts emails in his database where WSS can't look into)
- MySQL 4.1
- MSSQL 2005 Express Edition (installed as root-instance)
- AWStats 6.7
- SmarterStats 3.3.2950
- SmarterMail 5.1.3051
- RoundCube webmail 0.1.1
- DNP of course! (actually 2.4.1)

It was a hard job for me to get this all running together, it took me about 4 full workdays. A small handycap was the "movement" of all stuff on the webserver into DNP without generating off-time! But with a bit of planing this was not too difficult.

So now to my experience with WSS 3.0 SP2:
I installed it with all standards given by the installer, used my MSSQL Express (in root instance) and configured "NETWORK SERVICE" as authority. When I first got the ManagementWebSite opened (after the wizard) there were a couple of TODO's displayed. I followed up every single step, leaving all options at defaults exept the email-settings. For email recieving I configured to use MS SMTP, for sending hMailServer.

Next i configured hMailServer to forward every email it can't process to my MS SMTP listening on Port 26 (used 127.0.0.1, because port 26 is closed on my RRAS-firewall attached to external network). Keep in mind, that now MS SMTP is responsible for creating NDR's and needs to be configured to do so!

From now on i could setup WSS-Sites from DNP without problems, adding Users and Groups worked as expected - all without changing AppPool settings a single time!

The only problem is that i have to kick a manual IIS restart after creating a WSS-Site to get it up and running... frustrating, but better as to modify the configuration all the times.

 I hope this helps somebody ;)

Yours, Flo.