Microsoft KB Archive/282458

= 502 Access Denied Errors Occur When There Are a Large Number of Permissions for an NNTP Folder =

Article ID: 282458

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q282458



SYMPTOMS
A News Reader client may receive &quot;502 Access Denied&quot; error messages when attempting to view the contents of a folder for which they have permissions to view.



CAUSE
The NNTP folder contains a large number of security descriptors for users who have permissions to view the contents of this folder. The buffer that is set aside to hold these security descriptors is not large enough to hold all the descriptors, and therefore, none of the security descriptors are retrieved.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date       Time    Version         Size     File name --  5/31/2001  03:31p  5.0.2195.3649  610,576  Nntpsvc.dll



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, create nested groups that contains more groups and individuals. This will reduce the size of immediate permissions on the folder.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Information Services 5.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: kbMgmtAdmin

Keywords: kbfix kbqfe kbsysadmin kbwin2000sp3fix kbprb kbhotfixserver KB282458

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