Microsoft KB Archive/299442

= Server for NIS Stops Responding with More Than 70 Users in a Single Group =

Article ID: 299442

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q299442



SYMPTOMS
Server for NIS that is included with Services for UNIX version 2.0 may stop responding (hang) if a group has more than 70 users. This may occur if the group was migrated into Server for NIS with more than 70 users, or if an administrator manually adds users to a group until the group membership exceeds 70.



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.

To resolve this problem, 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 usual 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 should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date          Time    Version        Size     File name Jul 13, 2001 23:50   5.3000.1314.8  130,560  Nissvc.exe



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

Keywords: kbfix kbqfe kbenv kbprb kbhotfixserver KB299442

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