Hiding Virtural Root Subtrees

Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
Article ID: Q159899

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Commercial Internet System, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

If the visibility switch is set on any virtual root, a newsgroup under that root should be inaccessible to the client and the newsgroup should not appear to the client. Currently the newsgroups are still visible.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue:

Set permissions (ACLs) on particular newstree you want hidden.
In the Internet Service Manager (ISM), click NNTP Service.
On the Directories tab, click the news <home> root.
Select the Restrict Newsgroup Visibility check box.

If the selected newsgroups are still visible after restricting visibility, check to make sure that ACLs were set properly. When using Internet Explorer to set ACLs, you must click the "Replace Permissions on Subdirectories" option to select it; it is not selected by default.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) Internet News Server version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 1.00
Keywords : kbbug1.00 kbusage
Version : 1.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
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