Exiting Manager Causes Access Violation If No Servers Running
Article ID: 165701
Article Last Modified on 10/23/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 4, when used with:
This article was previously published under Q165701
SYMPTOMS
If Host Security Integration Service is installed, exiting SNA Server
Manager may cause an access violation if there are no computers running SNA
Server. This occurs most easily when the configuration file is opened in
offline mode.
CAUSE
The Host Security extension DLL (Hostsec.dll) starts a thread which waits
to find an SNA Server in the subdomain. If doesn't find one, the thread
never terminates. When exiting SNA Manager, this results in an access
violation when the host security DLL is unloaded.
RESOLUTION
An update to SNA Server is available to correct this problem.
To resolve this problem, obtain the hotfix mentioned below. The updated
file is:
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server version 3.0.
This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 U.S.
Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on
the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
Additional query words: snahostsec
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbnetwork KB165701