SMS: "Unexpected Error Creating the Unique Id File" Occurs

 Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
Article ID: Q181629
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server, version 1.2

SUMMARY

When you run Runsms.bat to install the Microsoft Systems Management Server client, you may receive the following error message: 

   Unexpected error creating the Unique Id file

MORE INFORMATION

A permissions problem may exist. To confirm whether this is the case, check the following:

  1. The user who is logged on to the domain is logged on as at least a Domain User.

  2. The SMS_SHR share on the logon server has the permissions for both Administrators and Everyone set at Full Control.

  3. The Sms\Logon.srv\Smsid subdirectory on the logon server has the permissions for both Administrators and Everyone set at Change.

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q154936
   TITLE     : SMS Displays # When Attempting to Create SMS Client

   ARTICLE-ID: Q127052
   TITLE     : SMS Unique ID (SMSID) Allocation

   ARTICLE-ID: Q168543
   TITLE     : SMS: InocuLAN 4.0 May Interfere with SMS Client Setup

Additional query words: smsconfig smssetup
Keywords : smsinv
Version : Windows:1.2
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
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