Microsoft KB Archive/231334

= Err Msg: Unable to Connect to the Active Directory Service Object. Please Contact Your System Administrator =

Article ID: 231334

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q231334



We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx



SYMPTOMS
Attempting to use the IIS HTML Admin from http://localhost/iisadmin may result in the following error message:

Unable to connect to the Active Directory Service Object. Please contact your system administrator.

Error: 70 Permission denied.



CAUSE
The Anonymous account has been enabled for the IISAdmin virtual directory.



RESOLUTION
Remove Anonymous permissions on the IISAdmin virtual directory using the Internet Service Manager.

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