I have tried adding requirePermission="false" to <section name="yafnet" type="yaf.SectionHandler,yaf"/> before.

I also tried moving the <yafnet> block after </dotnetnuke>

Neither made my site work (they had no effect on my local machines - they work).

There is something about my site that is not letting YAF get to the web.config (or it is erroring it out like it has an access problem)

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I'll keep try other suggestions (I'll also try a ticket on WebSecureStore)

I'm still stuck:

I have tried the latest yaf_dnn4.zip on a local machine and no problems;
Just the problem out at my site at WebSecureStore.

I found a <root> sample that does not start with a slash so:
<yafnet><!-- Yet Another Forum.net configuration -->
<root>DesktopModules/YetAnotherForumDotNet/</root>
<uploaddir>~/upload/</uploaddir>
<boardid>1</boardid>
<logtomail>...........</logtomail>
<connstr>...........</connstr>

I get an instant error if I drop the YAF module on a page and I also get a different error when I run YAF's Install/default.aspx:

Out on the Log Viewer I'm getting:

=================== Error when droping YAF on pag
UserName: host
ActiveTabID: 74
ActiveTabName: YAF Admin Root Page
RawURL: /Home/YAFAdminRootPage/tabid/74/Default.aspx
AbsoluteURL: /Default.aspx
AbsoluteURLReferrer: http://www.blah.net/Home...e/tabid/74/Default.aspx
UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
DefaultDataProvider: DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider
ExceptionGUID: e26e249e-b204-4e47-8967-dc07b5edbe8d
InnerException: The file '/pages/forum.ascx' does not exist.
FileName:
FileLineNumber: 0
FileColumnNumber: 0
Method: System.Web.UI.Util.CheckVirtualFileExists
StackTrace:
Message: DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException:
The file '/pages/forum.ascx' does not exist.
---> System.Web.HttpException:
The file '/pages/forum.ascx' does not exist. at System.Web.UI.Util.CheckVirtualFileExists(VirtualPath virtualPath)
at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultInternal(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile)
at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultWithNoAssert(HttpContext context, VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile)
at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultWithAssert(HttpContext context, VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile)
at System.Web.UI.TemplateControl.LoadControl(VirtualPath virtualPath)
at System.Web.UI.TemplateControl.LoadControl(String virtualPath) at yaf.Forum.Forum_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---


================================ Error at step1 in {{yaf}}/install/default.aspx
UserID: 1
UserName: host
ActiveTabID: 53
ActiveTabName: Home
RawURL: /DesktopModules/YetAnotherForumDotNet/install/default.aspx
AbsoluteURL: /DesktopModules/YetAnotherForumDotNet/install/default.aspx
AbsoluteURLReferrer: http://www.blah.net/Desk...et/install/default.aspx
UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
DefaultDataProvider: DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider
ExceptionGUID: 8221e163-2bc4-4c05-9a88-c0ea79161460
InnerException: Unhandled Error:
FileName:
FileLineNumber: 0
FileColumnNumber: 0
Method: System.Security.CodeAccessSecurityEngine.Check
StackTrace:
Message: System.Exception: Unhandled Error: ---> System.Security.SecurityException:
Request for ConfigurationPermission failed while attempting to access configuration section 'yafnet'.
To allow all callers to access the data for this section, set section attribute 'requirePermission' equal 'false' in the configuration file where this section is declared.
---> System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type
'System.Configuration.ConfigurationPermission, System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz' failed.
at System.Security.CodeAccessSecurityEngine.Check(Object demand, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean isPermSet)
at System.Security.CodeAccessPermission.Demand()
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.CheckPermissionAllowed(String configKey, Boolean requirePermission, Boolean isTrustedWithoutAptca)

The action that failed was: Demand The type of the first permission that failed was: System.Configuration.ConfigurationPermission
The first permission that failed was: <IPermission class="System.Configuration.ConfigurationPermission, System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" version="1" Unrestricted="true"/>
The demand was for: <IPermission class="System.Configuration.ConfigurationPermission, System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" version="1" Unrestricted="true"/>
The granted set of the failing assembly was: <PermissionSet class="System.Security.PermissionSet" version="1">
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Read="TEMP;TMP;USERNAME;OS;COMPUTERNAME"/>
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zz" version="1" Read="E:\Domains\blah.net\wwwroot" Write="E:\Domains\blah.net\wwwroot" Append="E:\Domains\blah.net\wwwroot" PathDiscovery="E:\Domains\blah.net\wwwroot"/>

<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.IsolatedStorageFilePermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Allowed="AssemblyIsolationByUser" UserQuota="9223372036854775807"/>
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Flags="Assertion, Execution, ControlThread, ControlPrincipal, RemotingConfiguration"/>

<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.UrlIdentityPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Url="file:///E:/Domains/blah.net/wwwroot/bin/yaf.DLL"/>

<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.ZoneIdentityPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Zone="MyComputer"/> <IPermission class="System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Level="Medium"/>

<IPermission class="System.Net.DnsPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Unrestricted="true"/>
<IPermission class="System.Drawing.Printing.PrintingPermission, System.Drawing, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" version="1" Level="DefaultPrinting"/> <IPermission class="System.Net.Mail.SmtpPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Access="Connect"/>
<IPermission class="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientPermission, System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Unrestricted="true"/>
<IPermission class="System.Net.WebPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Unrestricted="true"/>
<IPermission class="System.Data.OleDb.OleDbPermission, System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Unrestricted="true"/>
<IPermission class="System.Data.Odbc.OdbcPermission, System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=zzz" version="1" Unrestricted="true"/>

</PermissionSet>
The assembly or AppDomain that failed was: yaf, Version=1.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
The method that caused the failure was: yaf.Config get_ConfigSection() The Zone of the assembly that failed was: MyComputer
The Url of the assembly that failed was: file:///E:/Domains/blah.net/wwwroot/bin/yaf.DLL

--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.CheckPermissionAllowed(String configKey, Boolean requirePermission, Boolean isTrustedWithoutAptca)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSectionRecursive(String configKey, Boolean getLkg, Boolean checkPermission, Boolean getRuntimeObject, Boolean requestIsHere, Object& result, Object& resultRuntimeObject)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSection(String configKey, Boolean getLkg, Boolean checkPermission)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSection(String configKey)
at System.Web.Configuration.HttpConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection(String configKey)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
at yaf.Config.get_ConfigSection() at yaf.install._default.next_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument)
at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData)
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest()
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(HttpContext context)
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
at ASP.desktopmodules_yetanotherforumdotnet_install_default_aspx.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()
at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)
The Zone of the assembly that failed was: MyComputer
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Source:


</yafnet>

After doing some search on this forum, I found there was a new version of the Zip that had new, compiled DLLS.
http://www.tinygecko.com...nloads/YAF/yaf_dnn4.zip

I installed that newer zip but now I get:

"The file '/pages/forum.ascx' does not exist."

I'm concerned about the "/" otherwise that dir/file exist in the YAF dir (in DeskTopModules)

===> so I searched the forum again and I found some entries about using <root> (in the <yafnet> section)
but that didn't seem to make a difference

I get the same exact error (with '/pages/forum.ascx')!

Does <root> work in the DNN version?

here is my new <yafnet> section. Is it correct?

<yafnet><!-- Yet Another Forum.net configuration -->
<root>/DesktopModules/YetAnotherForumDotNet/</root>
<uploaddir>~/upload/</uploaddir>
<boardid>1</boardid>
<logtomail>...........</logtomail>
<connstr>...........</connstr>
</yafnet>

FYI: When I first installed locally, I made a separate DB in SQL05 (dev-Ed) and had the web.config set up for the separate Db. That worked fine.

Then when I initail tried to install on my ISP site I quickly realized I could not make the seperate DB and had to install in my one and only DB.

So I setup a new local DNN site then installed YAF with both YAF and DNN using the same DB.
That worked with only the changes to the web.config like the post above.

SO I'm assume I can do that on my ISP site.

Thanks to Jaben for help to get yaf_dnn4.zip installed on my local machines!!!

I got the DNN web.config correct (see partial below) and removed the web.config in the desktopmodules/YetAnotherForumDotNet dir. I think that was all I needed.

Now I'm trying to install at my site (at WebSecureStore.com) but it's not working. The install goes fine according to the report. (BELOW). Should I see SQL Info Lines???
The desktopmodules/YetAnotherForumDotNet dir is created and filled with files

I'm afraid it is a out-of-my-control setting at the ISP but I'll throw it out here.

I'm getting the following error (partial) when I drop the 1st instance :

DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Request for ConfigurationPermission failed while attempting to access configuration section 'yafnet'. To allow all callers to access the data for this section, set section attribute 'requirePermission' equal 'false' in the configuration file where this section is declared. ---> System.Security.SecurityException: Request for ConfigurationPermission failed while attempting to access configuration section 'yafnet'. To allow all callers to access the data for this section, set section attribute 'requirePermission' equal 'false' in the configuration file where this section is declared. ---> System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type 'System.Configuration.ConfigurationPermission


==================== partial web.config ================
<section name="profiles" requirePermission="false" type="DotNetNuke.Framework.Providers.ProviderConfigurationHandler, DotNetNuke" />
</sectionGroup>
<section name="yafnet" type="yaf.SectionHandler,yaf" />
</configSections>

<connectionStrings>
<add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Server=blah;Database=blah;uid=blah;pwd=blah;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

<yafnet><!-- Yet Another Forum.net configuration -->
<connstr>data source=blah;initial catalog=blah;user id=uid=blah;pwd=blah;</connstr>
<uploaddir>~/upload/</uploaddir>
<boardid>1</boardid>
<logtomail>email=Email@blah.net;server=mail.blah.net;user=email@blah.net;pass=blah;</logtomail>
</yafnet>

<appSettings>
<add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=blah;Database=blah;uid=blah;pwd=blah;" />

==================== install Report ==================
Resource Upload Logs
Return

StartJob Starting Installation
StartJob Reading files
Info Loading version-1.0.1.sql
Info File version-1.0.1.sql read successfully
Info Loading version-1.0.2.sql
Info File version-1.0.2.sql read successfully
Info Loading yaf.dll
Info File yaf.dll read successfully
Info Loading yaf_dnn.dll
Info File yaf_dnn.dll read successfully
Info Loading yaf_dnn.dnn
Info File yaf_dnn.dnn read successfully
Info Loading yafdnn4-v190-res.zip
Info File yafdnn4-v190-res.zip read successfully
Info Loading DotNetNukeModule.ascx
Info File DotNetNukeModule.ascx read successfully
Info Loading DotNetNukeModuleEdit.ascx
Info File DotNetNukeModuleEdit.ascx read successfully
Info Loading INSTALLATION.TXT
Info File INSTALLATION.TXT read successfully
EndJob Reading files done.

StartJob Reading DNN file
Info DNN file is in valid 3.0 format.
Info xml loaded.
Info Loading files info
Info Loading Modules info
Info Loading Control info for 'YAF' module
EndJob Dnn load finished successfully

StartJob Begin Sql execution
EndJob Finished Sql execution

StartJob Creating files
StartJob Expanding Resource file
EndJob Resource Files created

Info Created E:\Domains\scott-csharp.net\wwwroot\DesktopModules\YetAnotherForumDotNet\DotNetNukeModule.ascx
Info Created E:\Domains\scott-csharp.net\wwwroot\DesktopModules\YetAnotherForumDotNet\DotNetNukeModuleEdit.ascx
Info Created E:\Domains\scott-csharp.net\wwwroot\bin\yaf_dnn.dll
Info Created E:\Domains\scott-csharp.net\wwwroot\bin\yaf.dll
Info Created E:\Domains\scott-csharp.net\wwwroot\DesktopModules\YetAnotherForumDotNet\yaf_dnn.dnn.config
EndJob Files created

StartJob Registering DesktopModule
Info Registering Definitions
Info Registering Controls
EndJob Registering finished

EndJob Installation successful.

"The web.config file can not be in "\yafanotherforumdotnet" directory. This is your problem. In your case, the web.config file can ONLY be in the \dnn433 directory. Remove it from the yaf directory..."

YEP - I removed the smaller web.config in the YAF dir and it works !!!
THANKS fir all the help - Its awesome

Still not running and I have went thru the W.C files several times

I'm getting: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS. (C:\dotnetNUKE\dnn433\desktopmodules\yetanotherforumdotnet\web.config line 17) --->


THANKS FOR YOUR HELP !!!

I'm having trouble installing yaf_dnn4.zip on a DNN 4.4.4 w/ SQL05 setup.
I'm puttin and installing the zip in DeskTopModules and doing a Module upload

It starts with the Web.cofig {w.c} section of INSTALLATION.TXT

I'm assuming this is the Web.config of DNN (... but I also see there is a web.config for YAF)

I get errors in DNN's w.c with <sectionGroup name="system.web">...

I've gotten different errors with different w.c but they seem to be around messages that YAF is not in the current web app.

Does yaf need to be a seperate Web App?