HTTP 40x -- Client Error Codes
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1
HTTP status codes in the 4xx range indicate that a problem occurred with the request. Request problems can range from the request not meeting authentication requirements to the request being malformed. RFC 2616, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol — HTTP/1.1", refers to request problems as client errors because the requests originate from the client. For more information about RFC 2616, see the W3C World Wide Web Consortium Web site.
Table 11.4 HTTP 400-Class Client Error Codes Returned by IIS lists the client error codes that IIS returns. The descriptions for most codes are self-explanatory. When additional information about a code is required, it is provided in one of the following sections.
Table 11.4 HTTP 400-Class Client Error Codes Returned by IIS
| Status Code | Condition |
|---|---|
400 |
Cannot resolve the request. |
401.x |
Unauthorized. |
403.x |
Forbidden. |
404.x |
File or directory not found. |
405 |
HTTP verb used to access this page is not allowed. |
406 |
Client browser does not accept the MIME type of the requested page. |
407 |
Initial proxy authentication required by the Web server. |
412 |
Precondition set by the client failed when evaluated on the Web server. |
413 |
Request entity too large. |
414 |
Request URL is too large and therefore unacceptable on the Web server. |
415 |
Unsupported media type. |
416 |
Requested range not satisfiable. |
417 |
Expectation failed. |
423 |
Locked error. |