Microsoft KB Archive/831657

= Users cannot obtain an account certificate for Rights Management Services =

Article ID: 831657

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003

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SYMPTOMS
A Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) user may not be able to obtain a group identity certificate (GIC). When this problem occurs, he following event message appears in the application log in Event Viewer: Event Type: Error

Event Source: RMS

Event Category: Certification

Event ID: 139

Date:

Time:

User: N/A

Computer:

Description: The search of Active Directory failed. The following information was reported:

Microsoft.DigitalRightsManagement.Utilities.ADEntrySearchFailedException: Exception of type Microsoft.DigitalRightsManagement.Utilities.ADEntrySearchFailedException was thrown.

at

Microsoft.DigitalRightsManagement.Certification.Pipeline._GetPrincipalIdentifier(String principal, String desiredIdentifier)

at

Microsoft.DigitalRightsManagement.Certification.Pipeline._ProcessEmailAddress(IDrmsPropertyBag propertyBag, String& emailAddress, Identification identification) at Microsoft.DigitalRightsManagement.Certification.Pipeline.Certify(CertifyParams[] requestParams, HttpRequest request, IIdentity userIdentity).



CAUSE
This problem may occur if both the following conditions are true:
 * Your Active Directory directory services forest has more than one domain tree.
 * The RMS user resides in a domain tree other than the tree where the forest root domain is installed.

Directory Services cannot locate the user if the user belongs to a domain tree that is not the forest root domain.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
Before you install this hotfix, you must remove any existing RMS installation. If the hotfix detects an existing RMS installation, it will prompt you to remove RMS. RMS saves its data and configuration settings in an SQL database, and this data is preserved during the reinstallation.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix 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   File name --  31-Oct-2003  12:21  1.0.3304  Drmsadir.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the Standard Terminology That Is Used to Describe Microsoft Software Updates

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