SMS: Rservice May Install Service with Bad Password

ID: Q174938

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

Rservice installs a service even if the password given is bad, as long as the logon account is an administrative account that has administrative rights on the client.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodsms pcmservice pcmsvc bogus fake invalid

Keywords : kbbug1.20 smspcm kbfix1.20.sp3
Version : winnt:1.2
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug