Article ID: 154936
Article Last Modified on 6/14/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q154936
SYMPTOMS
When you run either Runsms.bat or Smsls.bat for the first time on a client
computer, the client computer must take ownership of the UID file in the
SMSID directory. If the default permissions of that directory or SMS_SHR
have been changed, a row of approximately 30 # signs appear on the screen.
If you set the output of Runsms.bat or Smsls.bat in verbose mode, the
following error message appears approximately 30 times:
Unable to rename UID file... trying next UID
In addition, the "Please contact your system administrator" message
appears, or you might get the following error:
Unexpected error creating the Unique ID file.
Please contact your System Administrator for assistance.
CAUSE
By default, Systems Management Server assigns Full Control permissions to
SMS_SHR. This share contains the SMSID directory and the *.UID file. During
the initial setup of a client computer, the client must take control of the
UID file, assign itself the current SMSID, and then increment the file to
the next value. If the client computer is unable to do this, then an SMSID
is not assigned to the client and inventory fails.
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
127052 SMS Unique ID (SMSID) Allocation
Additional query words: prodsms setup install logon server
Keywords: kbinventory kbsetup KB154936