Re: The server is not operational

From: Paul Clement (UseAdddressAtEndofMessage_at_swspectrum.com)
Date: 07/20/05 

Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:47:04 -0500

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:22:20 -0700, "CalSun" <calsun@gmail.com> wrote:

¤ Hi all,
¤
¤ I really need your help on this problem. (no help for 1 day goolging).
¤
¤ I use form authentication on my 2 simple aspx pages.
¤ User is redirected to login.aspx, then see the main content page.
¤ I use LDAP to verify the user from a domain named Dserver where the AD users locate.
¤
¤ Everything works just fine on my laptop (localhost). I could verify the user from the Active Directory. I am also able to verify whether the user belongs to a group named AllowDogs and redirect accordingly (main content page or fail-message).
¤
¤ Problem: As I move this application to an existing IIS win2k3 std box, I failed to verify user from the Dserver. I got the error message "The server is not operational"
¤

Any chance it's a configuration problem?

You Cannot Start the Active Directory Users and Computers Tool Because the Server Is Not Operational
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323542

"The Server Is Not Operational" Error Message in Active Directory Tools
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223321

Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

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