Gopher Query Will Access Violate in Inetinfo.exe

• Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 1.0, 2.0

SYMPTOMS

When you issue the following gopher query to the server, the server will access violate in Inetinfo.exe:

gopher://<servername>/11 \..

CAUSE

This is caused by an error in the Internet Information Server gopher code that fails when there is no leading "/".

WORKAROUND

Place a leading "/" in your URL:

gopher://<servername>/11/ \..

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 1.0 and 2.0. This problem was corrected in U.S. Service Pack 2.0 for Microsoft Windows NT. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: sp2

Keywords : kberrmsg iisgopher
Version : Winnt:1.0,2.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug