Figured it out myself. for your info if anyone else
discovers this problem....

I just copied the file from the host server, pasted it in
my local web, and everythings fine.  How the web came to be
without the file in the first place is still a big ??


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, hopefully someone has encountered this problem before.
> When I publish (using FP2002), using FTP, the list shows
>which files are in need of publishing, and I click publish,
>everything is as normal, but right at the end of the
>publish process I get an error message that reads:
>Server Error: The server extensions were unable to access
>the file ....\_vti_pvt\service.cnf  Please check the file
>permissions.
>
>Here's the problem.  There is no file with that name in
>that folder??  (Yes, I have options set to view hidden
>files and folders)
>
>Can someone help?
>Much appreciated.
>.
>

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