IIS Security: Mapping IDC Reveals Paths for Web Directories

• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

SYMPTOMS

When an Internet Database Connector (IDC) file returns an error, the error returned displays the full physical path of the IDC file that caused the error.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

If an error occurs while browsing to an *.IDC file, it displays the full physical path of the file that caused the error, for example:

Error Performing Query
Error processing file 'c:\inetpub\scripts\samples\test.idc'

Keywords : NT4SP4Fix kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp4
Version : WINNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug