Microsoft KB Archive/323182

= Certificate Export Problem with the LDAP Exchange Management Agent =

Article ID: 323182

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.2 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q323182



SYMPTOMS
Certificates that flow from the metaverse to Microsoft Exchange 5.5 are not usable after they are exported to Exchange.



CAUSE
The certificates are exported to Exchange as raw text data; Base64 encoding is not used because the data already uses Base64 encoding. If you use the LDAP Exchange management agent (MA) to export the user certificates and the user MIME certificates without using the binary Base64 encoding function, the MA (Cdir_ldp.exe) inadvertently changes two bytes of the attribute data 4,000 characters into the data.



RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next version of Microsoft Metadirectory Services that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name --  03-Jan-2002  16:37  2.2.1300.16    175,104  Cdir_ad.dll 20-May-2002 14:01  2.2.1300.26  1,015,296  Cdir_ex.exe 12-Jul-2002 13:50  2.2.1300.29  1,031,680  Cdir_ldp.exe 20-May-2002 14:01  2.2.1300.26  1,017,856  Cdir_ln.exe 20-May-2002 14:01  2.2.1300.26  1,060,864  Cdir_nt.exe 20-May-2002 14:01  2.2.1300.26    998,400  Cdir_nw.exe 20-May-2002 14:01  2.2.1300.26    987,648  Cdir_vns.exe 20-May-2002 14:00  2.2.1300.26    964,096  Importt.exe 20-Sep-2001 16:41  2.2.1300.10     26,624  Ldapschema.dll 22-Apr-2002 09:04  2.2.1300.21  1,030,656  Viacompact.exe 07-Jun-2002 10:44  2.2.1300.28  1,266,176  Viaserver.exe 20-May-2002 14:01  2.2.1300.26    997,888  Zscript.exe 01-Aug-2001 15:17                     834  Updoid.bat 25-Jul-2001 15:08                 166,356  Db5attrib.oid



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
This problem occurs if the certificate data is more than 4,000 characters long. Note that this problem may occur with any text attribute that is more than 4,000 characters in length.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB323182

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