PMAdmin Fails to Set AuthAccountDenyThreshold or Timeout (194783)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Site Server 3.0
This article was previously published under Q194783
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry.
Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it
if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the
"Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a
Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.
SYMPTOMS
When you use PMAdmin to set the configuration for AuthAccountDenyTimeout
and AuthAccountDenyThreshold, it fails to lock users out within the set
threshold and timeout.
CAUSE
Setting the AuthAccountDeny features fails because the PMAdmin script
writes the updated values to the wrong registry key using the wrong value
type.
WORKAROUND
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that
may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry
Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys
And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and
Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics
in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit
it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency
Repair Disk (ERD).
- Run Regedit.exe on the IIS computer using Personalization and
Membership for authentication.
- Go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Site Server\3.0\P&M
- Click Edit, choose New, and select Key.
- Enter "Authentication" (without the quotation marks) as the new key
name.
- Open the Authentication key.
- Click Edit, choose New, and select DWORD Value.
- Name the value "BadAuthsAllowed" (without the quotation marks) and set
the value to the desired setting for AuthAccountDenyThreshold.
- Click Edit, choose New, and select DWORD Value.
- Name the value "BlacklistTimeout" (without the quotation marks) and set
the value to the desired setting for AuthAccountDenyTimeout.
- Close Regedit.exe
- Shut down and restart the computer.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Site Server version 3.0.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 7/22/1999 |
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Keywords: | kbbug KB194783 |
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