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Q311226: EU and Admin Client Traps If OU Name Longer than 64 Characters

Article: Q311226
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDSupport
Last Modified: 03-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 
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SYMPTOMS
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When the Host Integration Server 2000 End-User (EU) Client or Admin Client is
configured with a long organizational unit (OU) name, the SNA Resource Location
Wizard will terminate abnormally due to an access violation.

If Dr.Watson is configured as the default debugger, you will get a DRWTSN32.log
similar to the following:

Application exception occurred:
       App: HICliCfg.exe (pid=624)
       When: 10/22/2001 @ 15:46:43.986
       Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)
State Dump for Thread Id 0x308

eax=0000006a ebx=77e16345 ecx=0006f098 edx=00000001 esi=002381c0 edi=ffffff31
eip=6c00554f esp=0006f014 ebp=0006f020 iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=0038  gs=0000             efl=00000202

CAUSE
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The SNA Resource Location Wizard uses a static string to store the OU name. The
string is defined to contain a maximum of 64 characters. If the OU name is
longer than this, an access violation results.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Host Integration Server 2000.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbHostIntegServ2000
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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