German Version: PMAdmin.vbs to Create/Delete a Membership Server Instance

• Microsoft Site Server version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

With the German version of Site Server, the PMAdmin.vbs command line utility used to create or delete a membership instances is unable to successfully create an instance.

CAUSE

The localized German version of PMAdmin.vbs uses "ja" instead of "yes", which causes a failure when creating a membership instance through the PMADMIN command line, which causes a wording mismatch.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Site Server 3.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q219292 How to Obtain the Latest Site Server 3.0 Service Pack

WORKAROUND

In the PMAdmin.vbs file, change the references in to "ja" to "yes". Specifically, change the following:

NOTE: These have been broken up into multiple lines for readability. In the PMAdmin.vbs file, however, should be on a single line.

Change line 943 from:

Command = "cscript pmadmin.vbs set authsvc /id:" & lVirtServId & " 
/ldapserver:" & """" & LdapServer & """" & " /ldapport:" & LdapPort & " 
/restart:ja" 

Command = "cscript pmadmin.vbs set authsvc /id:" & lVirtServId & " 
/ldapserver:" & """" & LdapServer & """" & " /ldapport:" & LdapPort & " 
/restart:yes" 

Command = "cscript pmadmin.vbs set authsvc /id:" & lVirtServId & " 
/ldapserver:" & """" & LdapServer & """" & " /ldapport:" & LdapPort & " 
/dsuser:""cn=" & AcctName & ",ou=members,o=" & DirectoryName & """ 
/groupprefix:""" & L_GROUPPREFIX_TEXT & DirectoryName & "_"" /dspassword:" 
& """" & AcctPassword & """" & " /restart:ja" 

Command = "cscript pmadmin.vbs set authsvc /id:" & lVirtServId & " 
/ldapserver:" & """" & LdapServer & """" & " /ldapport:" & LdapPort & " 
/dsuser:""cn=" & AcctName & ",ou=members,o=" & DirectoryName & """ 
/groupprefix:""" & L_GROUPPREFIX_TEXT & DirectoryName & "_"" /dspassword:" 
& """" & AcctPassword & """" & " /restart:yes" 

STATUS

This problem was first corrected in Site Server 3.0 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: failure to create ss3 international foreign fails unsuccessfuly personalization and membership

Keywords : SS3SP3Fix
Version : winnt:3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug