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SMS: Audit16 Fails If the Username in the Sms.ini File Is Too Long

Article ID: 169555

Article Last Modified on 6/14/2005

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SYMPTOMS

The Systems Management Server software audit may fail on computers where the values for Current and LastLoggedUser (listed under the [UserName] section in the client's Sms.ini file) exceeds 32 characters. The following error will be recorded in the Audit16.log file:
A File error occurred: File read error in SMS.INI file.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbaudit kbbug kbnetwork kbpending KB169555


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