Err Msg: Unable to Connect to the Active Directory Service Object. Please Contact Your System Administrator (231334)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
This article was previously published under Q231334
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SYMPTOMS

Attempting to use the IIS HTML Admin from http://localhost/iisadmin may result in the following error message:
Unable to connect to the Active Directory Service Object. Please contact your system administrator.

Error: 70 Permission denied.

CAUSE

The Anonymous account has been enabled for the IISAdmin virtual directory.

RESOLUTION

Remove Anonymous permissions on the IISAdmin virtual directory using the Internet Service Manager.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/23/2005
Keywords:kbfix kbprb KB231334
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