Microsoft KB Archive/174793

= SMS: SETLS Domain Enumeration Using the Smsls.ini and Win.ini Files =

Article ID: 174793

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q174793



SYMPTOMS
If you specify domain:sitecode in the [SMS] section of the Win.ini file, SETLS always enumerates the domain. That is, SETLS does not select a Systems Management Server logon server from the [Servers] section of the client's Sms.ini file. This results in a longer delay during the initial logon.



CAUSE
SETLS enumerates the domain when there is a mismatch between the KeyMatch value set in the [SMSLSIni] section of the client's Sms.ini file and the current value.

For example, suppose the following is the [SMS] section from a client's Win.ini file: [SMS] domain=VIPER_X:Q45 The following is the [SMSLSIni] section of the client's Sms.ini file: [SMSLSIni] ValidatingServer=\\Servername FileName=Z:\smsls.ini FileTime=31fa4fc0 SectionMatch=WIN.INI KeyMatch=VIPER_X Domain=VIPER_X Note that the domain name under the [SMS] section is VIPER_X:Q45 and the KeyMatch value under the [SMSLSIni] section is VIPER_X. SETLS enumerates the VIPER_X domain as long as those two values are different.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, manually modify the [SMSLSIni] section and change the KeyMatch value to equal the same value set for the domain entry under the [SMS] section in the client's Win.ini file.



STATUS
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



MORE INFORMATION
As long as the values in the [SMSLSIni] section of the client's Sms.ini file match the current values, SETLS should select a Systems Management Server logon server from the [Servers] section of that file, and should not enumerate the domain.

NOTE: The behavior of Setls has changed in SMS SP4. For additional information about this, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

187369 SMS: SETLS Stores File Time of Win.ini File

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