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Q174473: SMS: Error 122 When Using RSERVICE /CHANGE

Article: Q174473
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbPCM smspcm
Last Modified: 30-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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When the administrator runs the command

     rservice.exe /CHANGE

the service account fails to change and you receive an Error 122.

For example, you type the following command at an MS-DOS prompt:

     c:> rservice /CHANGE fm.ini /c

     RemoteService v2.0 for Windows NT
     Microsoft Systems Management Server Utility

You enter the service account password and receive the following message:

  Changing service SMS_PACKAGE_COMMAND_MANAGER_NT account or password on
  MFRANCK...

  Cannot change the service account or password of service
  SMS_PACKAGE_COMMAND_MANAGER_NT on MFRANCK!

  [Error 122. The data area passed to a system call is too small.]

In the example, the target parameters are based on a sample FM.INI file:

FM.INI
------

  [domain name]
  DFRANCK=listed

  [machine list]
  MFRANCK=include

  [service account]
  *=DFRANCK\SMSService

  [service name]
  *=SMS_PACKAGE_COMMAND_MANAGER_NT

  [executable file]
  *=C:\SMS\helper.srv\X86.BIN\PCMSVC32.EXE\ 

STATUS
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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

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Keywords          : kbPCM smspcm 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120
Version           : winnt:1.2
Issue type        : kbbug

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