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Here is the output after the build/web.config transformation:

Copying all files to temporary location below for package/publish:
obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp.
Publishing folder /...
Site was published successfully path_goes_here
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 0 failed, 1 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Publish: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========

yet when it loads the root folder, nothing is there. Going to the site gives a Server Error of

401 - unauthorized: access is denied due to invalid credentials

understandable considering nothing is in that directory, I believe. If possibly misleading.

To work around this issue, I copied and pasted the release of the deployment server to the production server. I didn't have access issues doing this so I don't believe it was preventing me from deploying due to permissions.

How do I troubleshoot this particular scenario?

Robert
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  • I have a similar issue - deployment runs as normal but specified folder is empty? Have you had any progress? – GP24 Mar 25 '13 at 01:35
  • None. Though I'm unable to touch the IIS (well, the server in general) part to see if it may be a permissions issue. – Robert Mar 26 '13 at 15:10

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I tried the following which had worked for other people, hopefully one may work for you:

Publish as release, then go back and publish as debug again.

Publish as web deploy package then go back and publish to filesystem.

Reinstalling VS2012=0 worked until an update upgraded my Publish dialog.

None worked for me though, so the workaround I came up with is to publish as web deploy package - which actually contains the files that would be in the file system folder - get the files (from the PackageTmp folder) and deploy as before.

I found that a DLL reference was missing from one of the projects but I fixed that by adding it, unused, to the start up project, which causes it to be recognised and published.

Hope this helps.

GP24
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I have tried it with /A:Basic, worked for me

/A: Specifies the type of authentication to be used. The possible values are NTLM and Basic. If the wmsvc provider setting is specified, the default authentication type is Basic; otherwise, the default authentication type is NTLM.

Ben Wieland
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