Access Denied Using CHNGPASS When Logged On to FPNW

ID: Q154564

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft File and Print Services for NetWare version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When you are logged on to a Windows NT server running File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW) and you are also attached to a NetWare server that is being controlled by Windows NT Directory Service Manager for NetWare (DSMN), you receive an "access denied" error message.

CAUSE

Passwords cannot be changed on NetWare servers whose account database is being controlled by DSMN.

RESOLUTION

Login.exe has been modified to correct this problem. It now checks what types of servers the client is attached to when it does a CHNGPASS against an FPNW server and is attached to a NetWare server that is being controlled by DSMN.

When it determines that the server is a NetWare server, Login.exe checks, via a NCP:read property value, if the following are present:


   NCP: Command = Read Property Value
   NCP: Object Type = 0x06BB
   NCP: Object Name = MS_WINNT
   NCP: Property Name = SYNCPDC

Login.exe then determines that the NetWare server accounts database is being controlled by DSMN and it does not need to change the password, as the server running DSMN will take care of the password change.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in File and Print Services for NetWare version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 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: prodnt Novell

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbnetwork NTInterop ntutil
Version : 3.5 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS
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