Stopping SNA Server Causes Application Exception in SNALINK.EXE (138611)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft SNA Server 2.11, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
This article was previously published under Q138611 SYMPTOMS
An application exception (trap) occurs in the SNA Server 802.2 Link Service
when you stop SNA Server version 2.11. If DRWTSN32.EXE is configured as the
default debugger, the DRWTSN32.LOG includes an exception similar to the
following:
Application exception occurred:
App: snalink.DBG (pid=169)
When: 08/2/1995 @ 1:54:25.364
Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)
In addition, SNA Server logs Event 624 in the Windows NT Event Viewer
Application Log when this trap occurs. The following is a detailed
description of the Event 624 that is logged when the exception occurs:
Creating dump file C:\SNA\TRACES\SNADUMP.LOG for SNALINK.EXE
EXPLANATION:
A process (SNALINK.EXE) ended abnormally due to a protection violation or
similar condition and a dump file SNADUMP.LOG has been created that
contains information about the state of the process at the time of the
exception. Register information is contained in your Windows NT root
directory in the file DRWTSN32.LOG.
CAUSE
The application exception is caused when the 802.2 Link Service tries to
access a pointer to a LCB after it has previously been freed.
RESOLUTION
Microsoft has updated the follwing files to correct this problem:
<snaroot>\SYSTEM\SNADLC.DLL
<snaroot>\SYSTEM\HWSETUP\SNACLASP.INF
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server for Windows NT.
This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server for Windows NT, 2.11
U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on
the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
KBCategory: kbnetwork kbbug2.11
KBSubcategory: ntnetserv
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/22/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbfix KB138611 |
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