Microsoft KB Archive/224200

= Err Msg: Error Fetching URL, (PRTH_E_ACCESS_DENIED - Access Denied) =

Article ID: 224200

Article Last Modified on 7/13/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition

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This article was previously published under Q224200



SUMMARY
When you attempt to crawl a resource (Web address or file) that uses Windows NT Challenge Response or Basic/Clear Text authentication, you may receive the following error in the Site Server 3.0 Gatherer logs:

Error fetching URL, (PRTH_E_ACCESS_DENIED - Access denied)



MORE INFORMATION
This is a simple configuration error. In order to crawl a resource using Windows NT Challenge Response or Basic/Clear Text authentication, you must create a rule within the catalog build definition.

In the example below, http://www.mysite.com/ will be the resource that you want to crawl. For this example, assume this site is only using Basic authentication.


 * 1) Open the Site Server 3.0 Admin (MMC)
 * 2) In the Site Server Search snap-in, choose your computer name and right-click the Catalog Build Server.
 * 3) Choose New Catalog Definition with a Wizard.
 * 4) When the New Catalog Definition wizard appears, click Next.
 * 5) For the catalog name, select MyCatalog and click Next.
 * 6) For the type of crawl, select Web link crawl and click Next.
 * 7) For the start address, enter http://www.mysite.com/.IMPORTANT: For the crawling rule, select the Use the site rules only option and click Next.


 * 1) Leave the Search Hosts as default and click Next.
 * 2) DO NOT select the Start build now option. Click Finish. At this point, the new catalog definition will appear under the Catalog Build Server node in the MMC.
 * 3) Right-click the newly created "MyCatalog" catalog build definition and choose Properties.
 * 4) When the properties of the catalog build definition opens, choose the Sites tab.
 * 5) Click the Add button at the bottom of the window to add a new rule.
 * 6) When the Add Site Rule Wizard appears, click Next.
 * 7) For the site name, enter www.mysite.com. Select the Crawl this site option and click Finish.
 * 8) Click the Add button at the bottom of the window to add a new rule.
 * 9) When he Add Site Rule Wizard appears, click Next.
 * 10) For the site name, enter *. Select the Avoid this site option and click Finish.
 * 11) Select the rule marked "Crawl www.mysite.com" and click the Properties button.
 * 12) When the properties of this rule appear, click the Account tab.
 * 13) On the Account tab, you can specify whether or not to use the Default content access account or to specify a specific account. The option to use the default content access account WILL NOT WORK for a Basic-authentication enabled site. You must specify the account you want to use to crawl this site and select the option for Windows NT Challenge Response or Basic/Clear Text authentication (in this example, Basic is used).
 * 14) Start a full build of the site.

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