FIX: You receive an "AuthManager(CommerceServer): SiteConfig:Property 's_SecureHostname' not found in Admin Database" error message when you try to open a Web page of a Commerce Server 2002 Starter Site application (898454)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Commerce Server 2002, you receive the following error message when you try to open a Web page of a Commerce Server 2002 Starter Site application:

AuthManager(CommerceServer): SiteConfig:Property 's_SecureHostname' , not found in Admin Database, for MS-Commerce-Site 'starter1' .
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: AuthManager(CommerceServer): SiteConfig:Property 's_SecureHostname' , not found in Admin Database, for MS-Commerce-Site 'starter1' .

RESOLUTION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Commerce Server 2002 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must have Commerce Server 2002 Service Pack 3 (SP3) installed on the computer.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version     Size     File name
   -----------------------------------------------------
   29-Apr-2005  01:32  4.5.3872.0  193,325  Mscsauth.dll

MORE INFORMATION

This hotfix does not correct the invalid application reference that is specified in the AddressKeyName property. However, this hotfix changes the error message that you receive when this problem occurs. The new error message will help you identify the problem so that you can correct the AddressKeyName property.

After you apply this hotfix, you receive the following error message when the AddressKeyName property in the Csapp.ini file references an application that does not exist:

AuthManager(CommerceServer): Error reading Commerce Server administration database. Check the AddressKeyName setting in the CSApp.ini file for the site and ensure that it refers to the name of a Commerce Server application that exists for the site. Site name: 'CS2002StarterSite' Application name: 'ApplicationName' Auth resource property: 's_SecureHostname' HRESULT: 0x800A0CC1 Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: AuthManager(CommerceServer): Error reading Commerce Server administration database. Check the AddressKeyName setting in the CSApp.ini file for the site and ensure that it refers to the name of a Commerce Server application that exists for the site. Site name: 'CS2002StarterSite' Application name: 'ApplicationName' Auth resource property: 's_SecureHostname' HRESULT: 0x800A0CC1

Note In this error message, ApplicationName is a placeholder for the name of the Commerce Server 2002 Starter Site application.

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when Microsoft corrects software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates