Insufficient Permission Results in Index Server CGI Error

• Microsoft Index Server version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

The following error message appears:

CGI Error

The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set
of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are:

CAUSE

When a search is performed with Microsoft Index Server and the Highlight option is used (Condensed or Full Text), the link calls Webhits.exe. This is a CGI application that uses Netapi32.dll. If the IUSR_machinename account (or the logged on user) does not have access to this file, the error message results.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do one of the following:

• Give the IUSR_machinename account or your webusers group read access on Netapi32.dll in the Winnt\System32 directory.
  
  -OR-



• Do not use the highlighting functionality of Microsoft Index Server.

MORE INFORMATION

Webhits.exe resides by default in the /scripts/samples/search directory. Netapi32.dll resides in the winnt\system32 directory.

Keywords          : indxconfig 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.1
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: May 3, 1999