FPNW: Invalid User Name Consumes a Seat License (145909)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft File and Print Services for NetWare 4.0
This article was previously published under Q145909 SYMPTOMS
When a Novell NetWare client logs into File and Print Services for NetWare
(FPNW) with a user name that is not known in the local user account
database or in any trusted domain, the login fails.
Although the login failed, FPNW reports a license usage to the licensing
server if it is set up in per seat licensing mode. Therefore, the License
Manager list of per seat licenses for File and Print Services may become
filled with invalid user names. If the license limit is reached, the
administrator has to use License Manager and manually delete invalid user
accounts.
CAUSE
FPNW registers the user with License Manager before it tries to logon the
user. FPNW does not have the SID so it reports the user by name. Any
misspelled user name or logon attack against FPNW uses one per seat
license.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in File and Print Services
for NetWare version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows
NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/23/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbnetwork KB145909 |
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