CSNW Fails to Connect to Preferred ServerLast reviewed: January 30, 1998Article ID: Q164763 |
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SYMPTOMSClient Services for NetWare (CSNW) clients may fail to connect to their preferred server with the following error:
NetWare Authentication Failure You cannot be authenticated on <server> due to the following reason: A connection to the server could not be made because the limit on the number of concurrent connections for this account has been reached. Do you want to select another preferred server? CAUSEThis problem only occurs if the following steps are used:
The previous logon session was not released because its LUID, which is maintained by the kernel, has a reference counter that is incremented when the user's credentials are impersonated (used) and decremented when the impersonation is released. When the reference counter for an LUID reaches 0, the kernel notifies the Local Security Authority (LSA) that the user has logged out. The LSA then notifies CSNW to disconnect the user's preferred connection to the NetWare server. In this case, the LUID for the user who is currently logged on is never decremented to 0, so the LSA is never notified, which causes CSNW to never be notified of the logout to disconnect from the preferred server.
RESOLUTIONCurrently, only a workaround exists for this problem. To enable the workaround, use the following steps:
For Windows NT 4.0
For Windows NT 3.51
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.51 and 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. Keywords : kbbug3.51 kbbug4.00 ntprint NTSrvWkst kbprint Version : WinNT:3.51,4.0 Platform : winnt Hardware : ALPHA x86 Issue type : kbbug |
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