Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Fri, 04/13/2012 - 20:45

#2

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

After that title, the script should show some additional text explaining what's wrong: the folder doesn't exists, the test to create a file has failed or the test to create a folder has failed.

If for some reason you can't see it in the summary, use the link to view all the log and look at the end of it.

Fri, 04/13/2012 - 21:11

#3

edfirst

Joined: 13/04/2012

Posts: 11

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Thanks for the speedy reply, i have looked at that and right at the very end block it states this;

error creating a folder in the baseDir path

and this one too;

error number: 424, message: Object required

So it looks like i maybe right and it is indeed a permission problem, are there any tutorials/instruction on how to set this up in ii7.5 as i have search and cannot find anything remotely helpful as i am new to this platform am used to iis6 which was far simpler to do this very task.

Again many thanks for any help or links you can pass my way.

cheers...........Ed

Fri, 04/13/2012 - 22:13

#4

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Ups sorry, my bad.

Due to the changes in 2.2 now the creation of folders performs some extra checks and I forgot to update the wizard to take that into account.
Please, download the new version and run it again: download/file.php?id=1336

I've included a more explicit warning for those using IIS6 if they have left the execution permission enabled in the upload folder as it's too dangerous due to the bug that MS hasn't fixed.

Fri, 04/13/2012 - 23:49

#5

edfirst

Joined: 13/04/2012

Posts: 11

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Many thanks again for your speedy replies, i will check this out tomorrow morning now. Had enough of it today and i will report back what i come across etc then.

Cheers...........Ed

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 19:54

#6

edfirst

Joined: 13/04/2012

Posts: 11

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Just tried the new wizard tool, again thanks for that (sorry been mad busy with another issue) and it appears to get stuck at the second test with no errors or signs of error.......hum ??

am gonna see if i can figure that out but if this is a known problem then please advice how to fix and i can get to the bottom of the original problem. The only thing i had to do is sort the parent paths issue as the testing server does not allow those, and that was all as i did with the original wizard but this gets stuck.....

again thanks for any assistant as if i get this working it looks possible i have been given the go ahead to buy this as it looks amazing and just what we need.

cheers............Ed

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 21:15

#7

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

I don't know of any problem with the wizard or I would have added some extra check for it. If you could send me in a personal message (PM) a url to check how it works I can try to look at it and maybe add something else to make it work better.

Anyway, I don't really know what's your original problem: you have started the topic due to a problem with the wizard, but you don't really need the wizard: it's meant to help configuring and troubleshooting, but I still don't know what's your initial problem, maybe no one else has reported it before and so the wizard can't help with it.

What's your problem with CKFinder?

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 21:38

#8

edfirst

Joined: 13/04/2012

Posts: 11

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Hi again,

well the original problem i was having is that the CKFinder app cannot find "the image manipulation object" and after searching the internet i found that the wizard was designed for this purpose of correctly configuring the app to sort this very issue.

All was going swimming as i waded through each error fixing them with the original wizard but then it or i got stuck with the error originally above "failing to validate the baseDir setting" with the errros in the more info as listed above.

So after i setup the parent paths again in the new files in the new version of the wizard you recomended to use it doesnt get past the first block with the hello message.......strange i know as it doesn't even show the next helo block with the includer path in it. nore are there any additional error messages or even script errors when debugged etc ??

our testing servers are not accessible externally and my manager will not allow untested or development apps on our live servers so dont know what to suggest other than screen shots, either hear or through the pm system hear.

cheers for any further help as i feel i was getting close to this working.

One more question to add, is there a version that includes the editor included/integrated as i have managed to get the editor version working without problems and we just needed the extra functions that has too.

again thanks for any further assistance on this problem.

cheers...........Ed

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 22:24

#9

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Ok, just copying the output might help in order to understand better why the wizard has stopped.
Click on the "view detailed output" and then send that to me in a PM.

Are you sure that you have edited correctly all the include paths?
The new version has some new includes besides the previous ones and you must apply the same adjustments to them.

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 23:03

#10

edfirst

Joined: 13/04/2012

Posts: 11

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

I have edited and run all the include files so that the asp errors are gone, and its weird as i thought i had messed up doing what you asked me, so i started with a fresh unedited version by running the default page at the root of the wizard with my mindset being that i would pickup what was going on.

Here were the results from the first set of errors stating that the helo.asp page could not be found, which was just html red text as below;

This page will try to find out any problem in order to properly run CKFinder for ASP.

Status

Running test 2 of 45.

Information

Errors

The asp test file failed.
Requested URL: assets/hello.asp?nocache=Tue Apr 17 21:53:38 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 404
Returned text: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>IIS 7.5 Detailed Error - 404.0 - Not Found</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>

</head>
<body>
<div id="header"><h1>Server Error in Application "CMS"</h1></div>
<div id="server_version"><p>Internet Information Services 7.5</p></div>
<div id="content">
<div class="content-container">
<fieldset><legend>Error Summary</legend>
<h2>HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found</h2>
<h3>The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.</h3>
</fieldset>
</div>
<div class="content-container">
<fieldset><legend>Detailed Error Information</legend>
<div id="details-left">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr class="alt"><th>Module</th><td>IIS Web Core</td></tr>
<tr><th>Notification</th><td>MapRequestHandler</td></tr>
<tr class="alt"><th>Handler</th><td>ASPClassic</td></tr>
<tr><th>Error Code</th><td>0x80070002</td></tr>

</table>
</div>
<div id="details-right">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr class="alt"><th>Requested URL</th><td>http://PathRemoved:80/Tests/ckfinder/wizard/assets/hello.asp?nocache=Tue%20Apr%2017%2021:53:38%20UTC+0100%202012</td></tr>
<tr><th>Physical Path</th><td>Path\Removed\Tests\ckfinder\wizard\assets\hello.asp</td></tr>
<tr class="alt"><th>Logon Method</th><td>Anonymous</td></tr>
<tr><th>Logon User</th><td>Anonymous</td></tr>
<tr class="alt"><th>Failed Request Tracing Log Directory</th><td><a href="file://C:\inetpub\logs\FailedReqLogFiles">C:\inetpub\logs\FailedReqLogFiles</a></td></tr>
</table>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
</fieldset>
</div>
<div class="content-container">
<fieldset><legend>Most likely causes:</legend>
<ul> <li>The directory or file specified does not exist on the Web server.</li> <li>The URL contains a typographical error.</li> <li>A custom filter or module, such as URLScan, restricts access to the file.</li> </ul>
</fieldset>
</div>
<div class="content-container">
<fieldset><legend>Things you can try:</legend>
<ul> <li>Create the content on the Web server.</li> <li>Review the browser URL.</li> <li>Create a tracing rule to track failed requests for this HTTP status code and see which module is calling SetStatus. For more information about creating a tracing rule for failed requests, click <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=66439">here</a>. </li> </ul>
</fieldset>
</div>

<div class="content-container">
<fieldset><legend>Links and More Information</legend>
This error means that the file or directory does not exist on the server. Create the file or directory and try the request again.
<p><a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=62293&IIS70Error=404,0,0x80070002,7601">View more information »</a></p>

</fieldset>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Returned xml: null
Returned headers:

Cache-Control: private
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:53:38 GMT
Content-Length: 5451

All i could spot was that it claims that the files do not exist when indead they do ?

So i edited the include path of just the includer file and bang the problems begin, it states 2 of 45 test completed without any further red html error code but only one block is displayed in the more details not two as the number of tests with no other information? hum ?

as below;

This page will try to find out any problem in order to properly run CKFinder for ASP.

Status

Running test 2 of 45.

Information

Errors

View detailed output

Requested URL: assets/hello.asp?nocache=Tue Apr 17 21:47:35 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 66
Returned text:

hello

and that is it as far as i can get, so that i never even get any asp errors or script errors either?

cheers..........Ed

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 23:15

#11

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Can you use any network log (Fiddler for IE, developer tools for Chrome and Safari, Firebug or web console for Firefox) and check exactly what happens with that second request?

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 23:16

#12

edfirst

Joined: 13/04/2012

Posts: 11

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

i renamed the original wizard that i had to wizard-old and ran those files and i came back to my original problem as in the title, as that one gets to test eleven as below here;

This page will try to find out any problem in order to properly run CKFinder for ASP.

Status

Running test 11 of 45.

Information

The server is using the Asp version: 5.8

There are no Session variables set at the server.

Errors

Failed to validate the baseDir setting.
null

You can resume the tests clicking here (remember that further tests might depend on the success of the previous ones)

View detailed output

Requested URL: assets/hello.asp?nocache=Tue Apr 17 22:11:55 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 1072
Returned text:

hello

Requested URL: assets/subfolder/includer.asp?nocache=Tue Apr 17 22:11:56 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 107
Returned text:

hello

Requested URL: assets/check.asp?what=version&nocache=Tue Apr 17 22:11:56 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 115
Returned text:

5.8

Requested URL: assets/check.asp?what=createobject&nocache=Tue Apr 17 22:11:56 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 109
Returned text:

OK, CreateObject works

Requested URL: assets/check.asp?what=ckfinder&nocache=Tue Apr 17 22:11:56 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 64
Returned text:

OK, CKFinder exists

Requested URL: assets/ckfinder.asp?what=&nocache=Tue Apr 17 22:11:56 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 197
Returned text:

Requested URL: assets/ckfinder.asp?what=SessionVars&nocache=Tue Apr 17 22:11:57 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 74
Returned text:

There are no Session variables set at the server.

Requested URL: assets/ckfinder.asp?what=enabled&nocache=Tue Apr 17 22:11:57 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 90
Returned text:

enabled

Requested URL: assets/ckfinder.asp?what=debug&nocache=Tue Apr 17 22:11:57 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 103
Returned text:

normal

Requested URL: assets/ckfinder.asp?what=basedir&nocache=Tue Apr 17 22:11:57 UTC+0100 2012
Returned status: 200
Elapsed ms: 140
Returned text:

<?xml version="1.0"?><baseDir><Path>Path\Removed\CMS\ckfinder\userfiles\</Path><validate>Error creating a folder in 'Path\Removed\CMS\ckfinder\userfiles' <br>error number: 424, message: Object required<br></validate></baseDir>

hope this helps to fix this

Cheers................Ed

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 23:32

#13

edfirst

Joined: 13/04/2012

Posts: 11

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Hi i have used fiddler and the ie9 debug console and it appears that the scripts after are not executing and the load helo.asp page is the only thing to load.

Will dig further and post back.

Cheers.............Ed

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 23:40

#14

edfirst

Joined: 13/04/2012

Posts: 11

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Ah ha....... after i had a thought to clear the browser cache i have uncovered this script error on line 65 as below section of the script;

var server = '' ;
function VerifyIISServer_Callback( resource )
{
var result = new Result() ;
if ( resource.status != 200 )
{
// 403.1: execute access forbidden. Execution of asp pages is disabled
if ( resource.status == 403 && resource.text.indexOf( 'HTTP 403.1 Forbidden: Execute Access Forbidden' ) !=-1 )
result.SetError( 'The server doesn\'t allow to run asp pages (at least in this folder)' , null) ;
else
result.SetError( 'The asp test file failed. <br>' + resource.GetError() , null) ;
}
else
{
// IE6 doesn't return the headers
if (resource.headers)
{
// Buggy IE
// IE7 doesn't return the Server header if the response was cached. Maybe also under other situations, so let's protect this.
var matches = resource.headers.match( /Server\:\s(.*)/ ) ;
if (matches)
server = matches[1] ;
}

if ( resource.text == 'hello' )
{
var message,
link=null;

if (server=='')
message = 'Unable to find out the version of the IIS server.'
else
{
if (server=='Microsoft-IIS/6.0')
{
message = "Warning: you're using IIS 6. Remember that it has a bug that could allow an attacker to bypass the extensions filtering in CKFinder<2.2.<br>" +
"Verify that you have the latest version of CKFinder and always disable the execution permissions in the upload folders";
link = 'http://ckfinder.com/blog/CKFinder_2.2_released';
}
else
message = "Version of the IIS server: '" + version + "'";
}
result.SetWarning(message, link) ;
}
else
{
if (server!='' && server.indexOf('Microsoft-IIS')==-1 )
{
result.SetError( 'This wizard is meant to be used with the ASP connector on MS IIS server.<br>' +
'You are using "' + server + '" instead.', null) ;
}
else
{
if (server=='')
result.SetError('Probably you are trying to use this page in a non-MS server, but the browser didn\'t provide that info <br>' +
resource.GetError() , null) ;
else
result.SetError('The asp test file wasn\'t parsed properly. <br>' + resource.GetError() , null) ;
}
}
}
TestRunner.FinishedTest( result ) ;
}

Wed, 04/18/2012 - 00:22

#15

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

I don't understand now why that line is failing, but that's just one of the changes to warn iis 6 users about the security problems
You can replace the Javascript file with the previous one and go ahead
Also, remember that when a test fails (and it's not a Javascript error) you have a link to go on with the tests

Wed, 04/18/2012 - 20:31

#16

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Yesterday I was too asleep and I couldn't see the problem :-)

I've uploaded a new version (download/file.php?id=1339) that fixes the problem and adds also an error handler so hopefully if there's a javascript error again in the future it will be shown correctly (but it's better if there are no errors at all)

Wed, 04/18/2012 - 21:59

#17

edfirst

Joined: 13/04/2012

Posts: 11

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

hi and many thanks for the assistance,

yeh i know what you mean being both tired and no errors but we are dealing with computers so i guess we plod through , but many thanks for all your efforts so far and i will try later with the new version.

Cheers...........Ed

Wed, 04/18/2012 - 22:04

#18

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

I've re-uploaded it because in this new server I found that it claimed that an adjustment about the paths was required but the fact is that CKFinder was working correctly even without it. new file: download/file.php?id=1340

Sat, 04/21/2012 - 01:44

#19

edfirst

Joined: 13/04/2012

Posts: 11

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

Hi again, i have sent you a PM with further details in it.

Many thanks for that latest wizard as it has got me now a good way through a few errors and a bit of research on how to fix them, but i am at least back to where i was before i posted this question, and once i get past this issue i think i may be sorted, well until the next issue.

Also i wondered if anyone has picked up on your demo site has issues with IE9 and crashes the web page when any of the popup boxes runs, though if run in compat mode they run as expected, i am sure this has been picked up before now by someone. Is there a fix for this or something i should do whilst i am delving into this application.

again a massive thanks for all the help so far.

cheers................Ed

Sat, 04/21/2012 - 11:15

#20

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Failed to validate the baseDir setting

I've replied about the Wizard question in the PM.

With regards to the IE9, can you please open a new thread and detail as much as possible exactly what happens? I don't recall anyone else reporting problems that made IE9 revert to compatibility mode in the official demo.
Maybe it's due to some plugin or BHO in your IE9 install that it's misbehaving?