LDAP USERCERTIFICATE Command Does Not Support the Binary Attribute (250868)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q250868

SYMPTOMS

Attempts to import user certificates from Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) programs that support the binary attribute on the usercertificate command may not work and may generate "Unknown datatype" error message.

CAUSE

The LDAP command parser in Windows 2000 does not support the binary attribute.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION

For a description of how the binary attribute works, see section 6.5 of RFC 2252.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kberrmsg kbfix kbQFE kbWin2000SP1Fix KB250868
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