Microsoft KB Archive/284067

= Indexing Exchange 2000 or SharePoint Portal Server by Using Basic Authentication Does Not Work with Blank Password =

Article ID: 284067

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001
 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

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This article was previously published under Q284067



SYMPTOMS
If you index a Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server content source, a Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 content source, or a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2003 content source by using Basic authentication, indexing may stop working immediately, and the following error message may be logged in the Gatherer log:

80040e4d - Authentication failed



CAUSE
This problem can occur if the content source is configured to use Basic authentication and the content access account that you are using has a blank password.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, assign a password to the content access account that that you are using, restart the Microsoft Search service, and recrawl the content source.



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

Additional query words: sps

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB284067

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