Microsoft KB Archive/260213

= SMS: Bindery Logon Server Manager Causes Logon Problems with Mapped Drives in the System Path =

Article ID: 260213

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q260213



SYMPTOMS
Systems Management Server (SMS) Bindery Logon Server Manager causes logon problems if there are mapped drives in the system path. Bindery logon server runs the LoadLibrary function looking for a Novell NetWare redirector at the start of every update cycle. This occurs if bindery support is installed on the site, regardless of whether the Bindery logon point is created.

If there is a network resource in the system path to which the SMSService account does not access rights, the system may experience poor performance and a possible SMSService account lockout on the remote system.



CAUSE
SMS Bindery Logon Server Manager tries to load the Microsoft NetWare dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) and the Novell NetWare DLLs by using the LoadLibrary function.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use the appropriate method:
 * Load the Novell NetWare DLLs only from the local computer (the %SystemRoot% folder or the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder). Do not use the default behavior of the LoadLibrary function. The network abstraction layer (NAL) may search the network drive for network DLLs. This may lead to increased network traffic. To work around this behavior, remove network drives from the path.
 * If the Novell NetWare DLLs do not work, load only the Microsoft NetWare DLLs.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0.

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