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

ID: Q231334

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SYMPTOMS

Attempting 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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Keywords          : prodNT4OP 
Version           : winnt:4.0,5.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 14, 1999