Err Msg: \\<Server>\<Share> Is an Invalid Port Name

Last reviewed: May 9, 1997
Article ID: Q103747

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

If you log on as a user without the necessary privileges to create a printer on a particular share, instead of getting an "access denied" message, you receive a message that says the port name is invalid.

CAUSE

This behavior may be caused by an incorrectly mapped error message. The correct message should be "access denied."

RESOLUTION

Log on to an account with the proper privileges to create a printer from the given share.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1. This problem was corrected in Windows NT 3.5

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbbug3.10 kbprint ntprint NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 9, 1997
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