Article ID: 159900
Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Commercial Internet System 1.0 Service Pack 2
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:
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
