PC DirSync: Err Msg: Error 156 Invalid Dirsync Password (125917)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2
This article was previously published under Q125917 SYMPTOMS
During the T2 phase of directory synchronization (Dir-Sync), when
SRVMAIN -r runs, the error
Error 156 Invalid Dirsync password from PCM:Network/Postoffice
may be displayed even though the password for that postoffice is correct.
If you change the Dir-Sync requester password for this postoffice to NULL
using the ADMIN.EXE program, it does not correct the problem.
In ADMIN.EXE, changing the requester password to NULL through Config,
Dir-Sync, Server, Requester, Modify updates the SRVCONF.GLB on the Dir-Sync
server. This is supposed to bypass the password check.
CAUSE
The error occurs because the password received from the requestor is
compared incorrectly against another postoffice (PO) record in SRVCONF.GLB
under two conditions.
- When the postoffice name in SRVCONF.GLB is similar to or a part of
the one from the requestor.
- When the order of registration in the SRVCONF.GLB is such that the
record for the PO with the shorter name is after the record for the
postoffice that is sending the T1 message.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SRVMAIN.EXE version 3.2a,
included with Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. This problem was corrected in
SRVMAIN.EXE version 3.2.12.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/5/1999 |
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| Keywords: | KB125917 |
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