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ColdFusion 9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
Author: Dave Watts
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350949
> If you have removed apache you should not see this error message
>
> *An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file
> /serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf.
> The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException:
> Could not determine the type of file "
> http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf"..
*
Actually, no. Apache Commons VFS is included in CF 9.x. It has nothing
to do with Apache HTTPD. It's a Java library, and CF uses it to talk
to ... filesystems (big surprise there, I guess!)
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
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Author: Andrew Scott
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350948
If you have removed apache you should not see this error message
*An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file
/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf.
The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException:
Could not determine the type of file "
http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf"..
*
Which means you must now be getting a different error now. I would be
looking at the mime types and see if they are all correctly set up.
Normally when one sees the message can't determine file type is a mime
issue.
But it also might be something to do with PHP, the exception that is being
thrown is to do with the VFS or Virtual File System so if you say you
removed Apache then I am betting that PHP is screwed up.
But as you said you tried with cfcontent I am guessing it might be a mime
issue or even a permission issue.
--
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Andrew Scott
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Author: Gonzo Rock
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350946
If the error says
can't determine type
then perhaps Apache is missing that setting telling it how to handle pdf's?
On May 1, 2012 11:08 AM, "Curt Carpenter" <curt@bp-graphics.com> wrote:
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Author: Russ Michaels
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350945
also check that the user CF is running under still has access to the
network paths.
check the coldfusion service and see what user it runs as.
now login as as that user and make sure he can access the network paths you
point to in the vdirs.
Russ
Author: Dave Watts
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350944
> Thanks for your thoughts. I am pretty sure that the IIS virtual directories
must be the problem. I can go into IIS and browse
> to the virtual directories and see all of the files in them but IIS does not
seem to want to serve them up. I can access the
> other server directly by setting the file name through the other server name
and everything works fine.
Do you have multiple virtual servers on the same machine? If so, maybe
traffic is going to the wrong one.
> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I am afraid my next option is
going to be to re-install the server from a backup
> from last week. The data is on another drive so I won't lose anything except
a lot of down time and hours spent doing it.
I doubt you'll have to do that - IIS problems are usually pretty easy to fix.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
http://training.figleaf.com/
Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on
GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized
instruction at our training centers, online, or
onsite.
Author: Carl Von Stetten
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350943
Whoops. That was supposed to be directed to Curt, not Dave. My bad.
-Carl
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Author: Carl Von Stetten
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350942
Dave,
Have you checked the permissions on the folder the Virtual Directory points to?
Is directory security in IIS on the Virtual Directory set to "Enable anonymous
access" with an account that has Windows permissions on that remote folder, or
does each user that connects to your site use NT permissions that grant them
access to that remote folder?
-Carl
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Author: Curt Carpenter
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350941
Dave,
Thanks for your thoughts. I am pretty sure that the IIS virtual directories must
be the problem. I can go into IIS and browse to the virtual directories and see
all of the files in them but IIS does not seem to want to serve them up. I can
access the other server directly by setting the file name through the other
server name and everything works fine.
<cfset filename = "\\bpsbs/pdfarchive/" & "#(Int(URL.fn/10000)*10)#" &
"kPDFs\" & "#URL.fn#" & ".pdf">
The problem with changing everything over to this method is that on some pages I
also use the <embed> tag to directly embed the PDF in the page so it shows
along with some other text and form buttons, etc. When I use the <embed>
tag with the file name built using a direct reference to the server it does not
display.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I am afraid my next option is going to
be to re-install the server from a backup from last week. The data is on another
drive so I won't lose anything except a lot of down time and hours spent doing
it.
Thanks
Curt
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Author: Dave Watts
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350939
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Have you verified that the URL in question still works? Have you tried
fetching that URL using a browser on the same machine as the web
server?
> What is especially suspicious is that the exception was was
"org.apache.commons.cfs.FileSystemException" - This
> error still persists even though I have done the following:
>
> 1. Completely de-installed Apache and hid the PHP directory.
> 2. Re-installed ColdFusion from scratch.
Well, if there's a problem with name resolution or IIS virtual
directories on the machine in question, those changes won't make a
difference.
As for the "suspicious" exception - there's nothing suspicious about
it at all. CF includes quite a bit of code from Apache Java projects.
That has nothing to do with the Apache web server except that it's
also managed by the nonprofit Apache foundation.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
http://training.figleaf.com/
Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on
GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized
instruction at our training centers,
onl
Author: Russ Michaels
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350936
I have had Apave and IIs and CF all running together without issue,so can;t
think of any other cause. If you have removed both CF and apache then that
only leaves IIS itself as the cause. So you next step would be to remove
and reinstall that.
You can backup the IIS metabase so that you do not lose all your sites and
then restore the metabase after you reinstall IIS, this is a lot easier
with IIS7.
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Author: Curt Carpenter
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350933
Russ,
I didn't make any other config changes like that - other than to Apache - but
I've since completely removed Apache from the system.
Thanks
Curt
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Author: Russ Michaels
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350931
did you make any other changes in order to get Apache and IIS working
together ?
e.g.
httpcfg set iplisten -i XXX.XX.XXX.X
I can't imagine why that would cause vDir issues, but worth undoing if you
did it just to be sure.
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Author: Curt Carpenter
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:63888#350927
Hi -
I have an application that has been working fine for over a year and now anything
that references Virtual Directories no longer functions. Here are the details:
Coldfusion is running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise.
Using IIS6 for the web server on the same box.
I have several virtual directories setup that reference files on another server
on the same network.
What I did to break things... I installed Apache (the latest release) along with
PHP - but I set Apache up to listen on a different port (8080). Suddently any
part of my code that tries to reference a file that is found through a virtual
directory generates the following error:
An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file
/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf.
The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException:
Could not determine the type of file "http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf"..
Here's the actual code that generated that error:
<cfset filename = "http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs\137485.pdf">;
then within a table...
<cfif FileExists("#filename#")>
<td>Yes File</td>
<cfelse>
<td>No file</td>
</cfif>
The "serverpdfs" is the virtual directory inside the website "mybp-graphics.com".
If I look in IIS the directory is there, I can see all the files in it - it seems
to be working fine.
I first experienced the problem when we tried to open a PDF for viewing by using
<CFCONTENT> - the same type error occurs.
What is especially suspicious is that the exception was was
"org.apache.commons.cfs.FileSystemException" - This error still persists even
though I have done the following:
1. Completely de-installed Apache and hid the PHP directory.
2. Re-installed ColdFusion from scratch.
Any direction would be greatly appreciated - this error is affecting multiple
modules of a website that is used constantly by both our customers and our
internal employees.
Thanks
Curt
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