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GetObjectAsUser Method of the AUO Membership.UserObjects Object Fails Sometimes

Article ID: 253746

Article Last Modified on 9/23/2005

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q253746

SYMPTOMS

The GetObjectAsUser method of the Active User Object (AUO) Membership.UserObjects object in Microsoft Site Server succeeds approximately fifty percent of the time when Clear Text/Basic authentication is required on the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server.

For example, the following code demonstrates the problem:

<%
' Create our AUO object
Set oUser = Server.CreateObject("MemberShip.UserObjects.1") 

' Connect to LDAP as the currently logged on user
Set oContainer = oUser.GetObjectAsUser("LDAP://server:389/o=Microsoft")

' Display a list of the main containers
For Each oItem In oContainer
    Response.Write oItem.Name & " - " & oItem.ADsPath & "<BR>"
Next
%>

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the AUO Membership.UserObjects object does not provide the correct authentication information to the LDAP server.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) rather than the AUO Membership.UserObjects object.

Example (Using Membership Authentication):

<%
   ' Connect to LDAP as a specified user
   Set oLDAP = GetObject ("LDAP:")
   Set oContainer = oLDAP.OpenDSObject ("LDAP://server:389/o=Microsoft", "cn=Administrator, ou=Members, o=Microsoft", "password", 0)

   ' Display a list of the main containers
   For Each oItem In oContainer
   Response.Write oItem.Name & " - " & oItem.ADsPath & "<BR>"
   Next
   %>

Alternatively (Using Windows NT Authentication)

<%
   ' Connect to LDAP as a specified user
   Set oLDAP = GetObject ("LDAP:")
   Set oContainer = oLDAP.OpenDSObject ("LDAP://server:389/o=Microsoft", "Administrator", "password", 0)

   ' Display a list of the main containers
   For Each oItem In oContainer
   Response.Write oItem.Name & " - " & oItem.ADsPath & "<BR>"
   Next
   %>

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Site Server version 3.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

219292 How to Obtain the Latest Site Server 3.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Site Server 3.0. This problem was first corrected in Site Server 3.0 Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem only occurs on computers running Windows NT version 4.0.

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