DOCUMENT:Q261244 06-AUG-2002 [iis] TITLE :XIMS: How to Hide the Default Network News Transfer Protocol Con PRODUCT :Internet Information Server PROD/VER:winnt:4.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= The default Control newsgroups that are installed with the Microsoft Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service that is included with Internet Information Server (IIS) version 4.0 are visible by default. This article provides steps to hide those newsgroups. MORE INFORMATION ================ To hide the default NNTP newsgroups from users: 1. Set the permissions on the appropriate folder: a. Select the Control folder, which is located by default in the following folder: %SystemRoot%\Inetpub\Nntpfile\Root b. Right-click the Control folder, and then click Properties. Click the Security tab, and then click Permissions. c. In the Directory Permissions dialog box, click the Everyone group in the Name list. Under Type of Access, click No Access. NOTE: If you allow anonymous access to the NNTP server, you must also set the permissions to No Access for IUSR_ (where is the name of the IIS server that is running the Microsoft NNTP service) to hide these newsgroups from anonymous users. 2. Enable the "Restrict newsgroup visibility" option: NOTE: If you enable the "Restrict newsgroup visibility" option, you add processing overhead according to the NNTP services Help. a. On the Start menu, click Programs, and then click Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. b. Click Microsoft Internet Information Server, and then click Internet Service Manager. c. Start Microsoft Management Console (MMC), right-click the Default NNTP Site object, and then click Properties. d. In the Default NNTP Site properties, click the Home Directory tab. Under Access restrictions, click "Restrict newsgroup visibility". Click Apply, and then click OK to save the changes. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q230110 Default Newsgroups Installed with NNTP Server Additional query words: ntop option pack ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbiisSearch kbiis400 Version : winnt:4.0 Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.