Article: Q177119
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:4.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbnetwork
Last Modified: 09-AUG-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to create any zone in Domain Name Service (DNS) Manager, you
receive the following error:
The new zone could not be created because there is already a zone by
this name.
Event Viewer on your DNS server may also log one or more of the following event
messages in the System event log:
Event ID : 100
Source : DNS
Description: DNS server could not open the file 'zone name'.
-or-
Event ID : 104
Source : DNS
Description: Could not open Database 'zone name' for DNS.
-or-
Event ID : 150
Source : DNS
Description: Could not create 'zone name'.
-or-
Event ID : 242
Source : DNS
Description: Encountered invalid Domain username.domainname.
CAUSE
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The above issue may be caused by either of the following:
- The user account that you are using to create the new zones contains one or
more spaces in its name
-or-
- The built-in "SYSTEM" account does not have "FULL CONTROL" permissions on
<NT_Root>\System32\DNS\.
RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, perform one of the following:
- Rename the current user account removing any spaces
-or-
- If you have an NTFS partition, verify that the built-in SYSTEM account has
FULL CONTROL permissions on the %SystemRoot%\System32\DNS folder
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Keywords : kberrmsg kbnetwork
Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version : WinNT:4.0
Issue type : kbprb
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