Hi, We have one MOSS Farm with two nodes, on this we have several sites. For one specific site we have Basic Authentication and variations enabled in it, on one node site works fine. When we browse it pops-up for credentials and once credentials are provided it works fine and properly redirect to source variation home page. But on the other node when we browse the site it pops-up asking for credentials then after providing correct credentials it again asks for credentials twice and then it throws the following error : Access denied. You do not have permission to perform this action or access this resource. And if we directly put the source site homepage url it throws following error: 401 UNAUTHORIZED We have checked the Alternate Access Mappings for the site and it is perfectly fine, if i enable windows authentication on the defected node the site works fine. This issue is just like pain in the neck still no resolution, please help us to resolve this issue. Regards, Jasjeet Singh

Hi, Disable the loopback in the second node and try again http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926642 also check if there's custom permission on the physical folders you need to add in the other node

Hi Mina, Thanks for your reply, but we cannot make changes to the registry as this is a client machine and also we cannot restart the machine. Please update is there any other way of doing it. Regards, Jasjeet Singh

Hi Jasjeet, i have few questions Are the two nodes load balanced this error happenes only when you are browsing the site from the server or from other client machine

Hi Mina, Following are the anwsers to your questions : Are the two nodes load balanced Yes, the two nodes are load balanced. this error happenes only when you are browsing the site from the server or from other client machine This happens both the way when i browse the site from the server as well as from the client machine Regards, Jasjeet Singh

Hi jasjeet, i think this could be permission on physical folders , try to reset the application pool and use tool process monitor to check whether there's access denied on any files or not

Hi Mina, Thanks for your updates, i have checked the permissions on both the nodes and they are similar and moreover we have replaced defected virtual directory with the correct one but still the same issue. How to use Process monitor tool to check the access on files and folders. Regards, Jasjeet Singh

Hi, look for these article they could be useful, http://www.iislogs.com/articles/processmonitorw3wp/ http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?90267-How-to-Install-amp-Use-Process-Monitor-(ProcMon)-to-gather-data-about-loading-CTD-s also check while capturing the results for "denied "