Q177119: Unable to Create Zones in DNS Manager

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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