Problem Note 33917: An attempt to connect to an LDAP server using a correct password might fail if the length of the password is a multiple of three
If the length of the password is a multiple of three, an attempt to connect to an LDAP server might fail, even though the password is valid otherwise. In the case of such a failure, the following message will appear:
ERROR: Unable to contact the LDAP server
To circumvent this problem, modify the password by adding or a removing a character.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS Integration Technologies | z/OS | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Linux | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Linux on Itanium | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| OpenVMS Alpha | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | System Administration ==> Security ==> Authentication
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| Date Modified: | 2009-01-08 14:37:39 |
| Date Created: | 2008-11-13 11:36:19 |
