MainBossRemote Troubleshooting

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The most recent version of MainBoss is MainBoss 4.2.4.
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This section lists a number of error messages you might see when trying to use MainBossRemote, plus ways to correct the problems.

There was a problem validating access to the database XXX on server YYY. The database-principal 'dbo' does not exist or user is not a member. Failed SQL command is: declare @result int; exec @result = sp_getapplock 'MainBossSession', 'shared', 'session', 0, 'dbo'; select @result This indicates you did not give permissions to the login name for the identity of the application pool where MainBossRemote runs. Follow the instructions in Application Pools. An error occurred while processing your request. Database server 'ServerMainBossDatabaseIsOn' was not found or was not accessible. This indicates that you did not change the default dbserver application setting. See Application Settings of this guide.

Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Mvc' or one of its dependencies. Access is denied. This indicates that you did not give DOMAIN\IIS_MAINBOSS read/write file system privileges to the directory containing temporary ASP.NET files. See the previous section of this guide for more information.

Note: Whenever you encounter diagnostic messages, you can usually find useful information by typing them into Google and searching for information.

The Windows Firewall: In our experience, many of the difficulties that arise when configuring MainBossRemote are due to firewall problems. If the Windows firewall is not adjusted to allow various information to pass through, MainBossRemote will not work. Firewall problems are especially difficult to diagnose because they generate no error messages or log entries; you just don't see anything happening.

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