Microsoft KB Archive/159900

= XFOR: Changing the Home Virtual Root to a New Empty Directory =

Article ID: 159900

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Commercial Internet System 1.0 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q159900





SYMPTOMS
The following problem occurs if you change the home virtual root on the directories page to a directory that exists but is empty, and start the service. The service starts successfully, but it deletes from the active list any newsgroups that require special handling because they contain Windows NT reserved words (comp.unix.aux, comp.lang.icon, and so forth).

The client will be able to list active, but will be unable to execute a group command against any newsgroup. The user will receive error 502 Access Denied, as follows:

200 NNTP Service Microsoft Internet Services 5.00.7460 Version:

5.0.0.7460 Posting Allowed

list active comp.unix.a*

215 list of newsgroups follow

comp.unix.admin 36 1 y

comp.unix.advocacy 32 1 y

comp.unix.aix 56 1 y

comp.unix.amiga 3 1 y

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group comp.unix.aix

502 Access Denied.



WORKAROUND
Do not change the home virtual root on the directories page.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Commercial Internet System (MCIS) Internet News Server version 1.0.

Keywords: KB159900

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