Error When trying to administer Service. Service can not be created

Error Message

When adding an ArcMap Service, ArcIMS returns this message:

"Error When trying to administer Service. Service 'service name' can not be created."

Cause

Two things may be causing this error:

1. The output directory is nonexistent.

2. The current ArcIMS user does not have write permissions to the output directory.

Solution or Workaround

• The output directory for the entire site is specified in the ArcIMS Site Properties dialog box.
• For an individual service you can specify the output directory in the Service Properties dialog box.