APPC Password Substitution Fails Intermittently
Article ID: 163264
Article Last Modified on 2/20/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0
- Microsoft SNA Server 2.11 Service Pack 1
This article was previously published under Q163264
SYMPTOMS
APPC password substitution fails intermittently. The APPC Password
Substitution feature was added in SNA Server 2.11.
CAUSE
The password substitution code in the APPC library occasionally generates
an incorrect password token. The incorrect token causes conversation
initiation to fail with a security error. Because the error occurrs very
rarely, it is typically seen only in situations where a large number of
conversations are started in a short time. For example, an ODBC application
may generate thousands of queries an hour, and suddenly fail with a
security error after two hours of execution.
RESOLUTION
The SNA Server and SNA Server client APPC libraries have been updated to
correct this problem.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 2.11 and 2.11SP1. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for SNA Server version 2.11. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
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