Article ID: 323182
Article Last Modified on 9/30/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.2 Service Pack 1
This article was previously published under Q323182
SYMPTOMS
Certificates that flow from the metaverse to Microsoft Exchange 5.5 are not usable after they are exported to Exchange.
CAUSE
The certificates are exported to Exchange as raw text data; Base64 encoding is not used because the data already uses Base64 encoding. If you use the LDAP Exchange management agent (MA) to export the user certificates and the user MIME certificates without using the binary Base64 encoding function, the MA (Cdir_ldp.exe) inadvertently changes two bytes of the attribute data 4,000 characters into the data.
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. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next version of Microsoft Metadirectory Services that contains this fix.
To resolve this problem immediately, 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:
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 typical 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 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 Size File name
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03-Jan-2002 16:37 2.2.1300.16 175,104 Cdir_ad.dll
20-May-2002 14:01 2.2.1300.26 1,015,296 Cdir_ex.exe
12-Jul-2002 13:50 2.2.1300.29 1,031,680 Cdir_ldp.exe
20-May-2002 14:01 2.2.1300.26 1,017,856 Cdir_ln.exe
20-May-2002 14:01 2.2.1300.26 1,060,864 Cdir_nt.exe
20-May-2002 14:01 2.2.1300.26 998,400 Cdir_nw.exe
20-May-2002 14:01 2.2.1300.26 987,648 Cdir_vns.exe
20-May-2002 14:00 2.2.1300.26 964,096 Importt.exe
20-Sep-2001 16:41 2.2.1300.10 26,624 Ldapschema.dll
22-Apr-2002 09:04 2.2.1300.21 1,030,656 Viacompact.exe
07-Jun-2002 10:44 2.2.1300.28 1,266,176 Viaserver.exe
20-May-2002 14:01 2.2.1300.26 997,888 Zscript.exe
01-Aug-2001 15:17 834 Updoid.bat
25-Jul-2001 15:08 166,356 Db5attrib.oid
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
This problem occurs if the certificate data is more than 4,000 characters long. Note that this problem may occur with any text attribute that is more than 4,000 characters in length.
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