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Q259076: Cannot Add Groups as Operators in Default FTP & Default Web Site

Article: Q259076
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDSupport kbWin2000SP2Fix
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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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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When you add users or groups as operators in the default FTP or default Web
site, groups do not appear in the Select Users or Groups dialog box. As a
result, you cannot use groups to control operator privileges on the Web sites.


WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, add users individually to the operators list.

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

  Q260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or
later:

  Date      Time    Version      Size    File name     Platform
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  5-16-2000 8:36   5.0.2195.2096 294KB   Iisui.dll     Win2k


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbDSupport kbWin2000SP2Fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500
Version           : :5.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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