SFU: MEPP Encrypted Password Syncs to Sun Sparc Fail with Error 8199

ID: Q214520

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Services for UNIX Add-On Pack

SYMPTOMS

Password synchronization requests sent to a Sun Sparcstation using the encrypted MEPP propagation method may fail with the following event log error 8199:

error in receiving from socket

Data in event log is 00 00 00 00.

CAUSE

This problem only occurs if the Ssod.config file on the Sparcstation has the shadow file option enabled and the last line of /etc/shadow contains only a colon (:).

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, remove the last line in the Shadow file on the Sun Sparcstation and the errors will stop.

Additional query words: SFU Services for Unix


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Version           : winnt:4.0; :
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 12, 1999