DCOM Clients Ping Server After Client Program Has Shut Down

ID: Q224837

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you run an unauthenticated distributed Component Object Model (COM) client that uses the CoSetProxBlanket COM API to set security on its remote interface and calls the remote server object, distributed COM (DCOM) pings may persist even though the client program has released the interface and shut down.

CAUSE

This fix is an update to the hotfix described in the following article:

Q184278 Server in One Domain May Disconnect Client in Another Domain

This hotfix addresses the case where an unsecure client activates securely by specifying credentials in the COAUTHINFO structure that it passes to CoCreateInstanceEx. The client may then make secure calls using CoSetProxyBlanket or it may simply make unsecure calls. Prior to the fix, the server object will be cleaned up in approximately six minutes by the COM process. Also, prior to the fix, the client computer will continue to send DCOM pings to the server indefinitely, even after the client and server process have exited. The fix resolves both these issue.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or the individual software update. For information on obtaining the latest service pack, please go to:

http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ServicePacks/

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

For information on obtaining the individual software update, contact Microsoft Product Support Services. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug