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Q250397: Content is Lost at SF_NOTIFY_AUTH_COMPLETE

Article: Q250397
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): winnt:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWin2000PreSP1Fix kbWin2000sp1Fix
Last Modified: 17-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If a POST request is redirected from an Internet Server Application Programming
Interface (ISAPI) filter in the SF_NOTIFY_AUTH_COMPLETE handler, the content
data submitted is not available to the script where the request is redirected.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For
additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack



STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in
Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in
Internet Information Services 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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If a POST request is redirected from an ISAPI filter in the
SF_NOTIFY_AUTH_COMPLETE handler, the content data submitted is not available to
the script where the request is redirected. If the redirection target is a CGI
script, the following error message occurs:

  502 error: cgi time out

This occurs even though the CONTENT_LENGTH environment variable is set to the
correct value. The posted data is not available through STDIN.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbWin2000PreSP1Fix kbWin2000sp1Fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500
Version           : winnt:5.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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