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Q164507: Any User Can Log on to FTP Server with Disabled Anonymous Logon

Article: Q164507
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbusagekbbuglist kbfixlist
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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A Windows NT 4.0 FTP server can be accessed by any user when the anonymous logon
is disabled.


CAUSE
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The profile name, IUSR_COMPUTERNAME, does not require a password.

RESOLUTION
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There are 2 resolutions to this issue:

1. Set up the user, IUSR_COMPUTERNAME, with a password in User Manager for
  Domains.

  Because an anonymous logon is not allowed, putting a password on this account
  will not affect anything but an anonymous logon. This user account is set up
  specifically for Internet Server Anonymous Logon.

  NOTE: If you change the password for this account in User Manager for Domains
  AND you have a World Wide Web Server on the same computer, you will need to
  run Internet Service Manager. Double-click the WWW service, and change the
  Anonymous Logon Password for the IUSR_COMPUTERNAME user to what you changed
  it to in User Manager for Domains. This way, users that connect to your WWW
  Server anonymously can get access to the page.

  -or-

2. Apply the hotfix mentioned in this article.


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This
problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack.
For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K


Additional query words: prodnt

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbusage kbbuglist kbfixlist
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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