Access Denied When Sending a Request to an Enterprise CA

ID: Q239048

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you create a new server certificate for use in Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 using the Web Site Certificate Wizard, you may receive an Access Denied error message when sending the request.

This only happens when you request a certificate from an Enterprise Certificate Authority (CA).

CAUSE

This is typically caused by the Certificate Server service not being started on the computer you are sending the request to.

RESOLUTION

Make sure that the Certificate Server service is running on the computer that you are sending the request to.

STATUS

This is a known issue with the Web Site Certificate Wizard and Microsoft Certificate Services (Enterprise CA).

Additional query words: iis CA access denied

Keywords :
Version : winnt:5.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug