FP2000: Problems When You Attempt to Connect to Web with Unique Permissions

When you attempt to connect to a Web that is configured with unique permissions, and you use a name with different capitalization than was used when the Web was created, one of the following symptoms may occur:

• The unique permissions may not appear.
• The Web may appear to be using the same permissions as the parent Web.
• You cannot open the Web, and you receive the following error message in FrontPage:
  The folder folder name isn't accessible. The folder may be located on an unavailable volume or protected with a password.

FrontPage does not correctly recognize the "RealmName" information for the Web.

Webs that use unique permissions have a "RealmName" that is defined in a file named Access.cnf, which is located in the _vti_pvt folder of the Web. This information is case-sensitive.

The following is an example of an Access.cnf file:

To work around this problem, use one of the following methods:

• Always use lowercase letters when you create and open Webs.
• Open the Web through the parent Web.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Regardless of any incorrect information that may be displayed in the FrontPage Permissions dialog box, the unique permissions that were applied to the Web are still in place. Only users who were given access can open or browse the Web.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Create a Web with a name that contains all lowercase letters; for example, "http://server/test".Configure the Web to use unique permissions.Close the Web.Connect to the Web by typing the name in uppercase letters; for example, type http://server/TEST.One of the symptoms listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article may occur.
2. Configure the Web to use unique permissions.Close the Web.Connect to the Web by typing the name in uppercase letters; for example, type http://server/TEST.One of the symptoms listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article may occur.
3. Close the Web.Connect to the Web by typing the name in uppercase letters; for example, type http://server/TEST.One of the symptoms listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article may occur.
4. Connect to the Web by typing the name in uppercase letters; for example, type http://server/TEST.One of the symptoms listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article may occur.
5. One of the symptoms listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article may occur.