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"Proxy Authorization Failure" Err. Msg. Connecting Through WinSock Proxy

Article ID: 165179

Article Last Modified on 8/11/1999

APPLIES TO

This article was previously published under Q165179

SYMPTOMS

If you connect through the WinSock Proxy, you may get the following error message:
Proxy Authorization Failure.

CAUSE

The Group you belong to is not listed in the Enable Access Control list found under the Permissions tab in the WinSock Proxy Service Properties, and the Group is not listed in the Log On Locally Right found in the User Manager for Domains, Policies, and User Rights.

WORKAROUND

You need to belong to both of the above lists.

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