A site tree's XML structure must not be empty

[Rick Barter]

Thanks .....

but I tried both replacing config.root from a backup and following the 
alternate method described below.

In both cases, when i restart Frontier and attempt to start the Admin 
site I now get the message:

"500 server error
Can't call the script because the name mainResponder hasn't been 
defined"

Any more advice?

thanks in advance.

rick Barter




At 7:11 AM -0500 10/29/03, Rick Barter wrote:
> I was trying to get Gems to work ..... and then found when I try to
> login to admin site or connect remotely I get:
>
> "Sorry! there was an error: Server configuration error. A site
> tree's XML structure must not be empty.
>
> the error was detected by Frontier 9.0 in mainResponder.respond "
>
> How can I fix this problem?
>
> Can I restore from backup?
>
> I have all sites backed up.
>
I have seen this recently also.  If you have your config.root backed
up you can quit Frontier, move in the config.root backup and things
should be okay.

Alternatively, you can:

1. Quit Frontier and make a backup of the config.root file
(/Applications/Frontier/Guest Databases/apps).  Yes, the config.root
is dysfunctional, but it is easy to back up and if something goes
wrong from here you have this version from which you can work.
2. Double-click on the config.root file in the apps directory to
start Frontier and open the config.root table.
3. Navigate the following path in the config.root table:
config/mainresponder/domains/default/sitetree/directory.
4. Click on the structure table and press the delete key to delete it.
5. Restart Frontier, the structure table is rebuilt and everything
should work correctly.