DOCUMENT:Q145909 27-MAR-2002 [winnt] TITLE :FPNW: Invalid User Name Consumes a Seat License PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT PROD/VER::4.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbnetwork ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft File and Print Services for NetWare version 4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Additional query words: 4.00 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbnetwork Technology : kbServicesNetwareSearch kbFPNW400 Version : :4.0 Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.