Use of Object(Presentation-Address) Returns "Invalid Attribute Syntax" (280471)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
This article was previously published under Q280471

SYMPTOMS

Developers may be unable to manipulate values that conform to the Object(Presentation-Address) syntax for attributes in the Active Directory. While this datatype is supported by Active Directory, attempts to set a value of this syntax may not work, and the server may generate an "Invalid Attribute Syntax" LDAP result code.

The Active Directory schema defines an Application-Entity class that must contain a "Presentation-Address" attribute in order to be created. This error would generally be encountered when you try to create instances of the applicationEntity class.

When you try to create applicationEntity objects, the error message appears to be similar to the following error message:
Automation Error
The attribute syntax specified to the directory service is invalid.
ErrNum: -2147016693
If you use Microsoft Network Monitor to capture packets from a computer that is attempting to create applicationEntity objects, you see an LDAP AddResponse that is similar to the following LDAP AddResponse:
LDAP: Result Code = Invalid Attribute Syntax
LDAP: Error Message = 00000057: LdapErr: DSID-0C090909, comment: Error in attribute

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
   -----------------------------------------------------------------
   5/31/2001  11:13p  5.0.2195.3663   501,520  Lsasrv.dll(56-bit)
   5/31/2001  03:30p  5.0.2195.3649   354,576  Advapi32.dll
   5/31/2001  03:37p  5.0.2195.3649   519,440  Instlsa5.dll
   5/31/2001  03:31p  5.0.2195.3649   142,608  Kdcsvc.dll
   5/30/2001  02:55p  5.0.2195.3649   209,008  Kerberos.dll
   5/29/2001  09:26a  5.0.2195.3649    69,456  Ksecdd.sys
   5/29/2001  09:26a  5.0.2195.3649   501,520  Lsasrv.dll
   5/29/2001  09:26a  5.0.2195.3649    33,552  Lsass.exe
   5/31/2001  03:31p  5.0.2195.3652   908,560  Ntdsa.dll
   5/31/2001  03:31p  5.0.2195.3649   382,736  Samsrv.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional related information, please see either of the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/psdk/adsi/glschema3_5qr7.htm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/certification/schema/class.asp?Id=6



For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbDirServices kbenv kberrmsg kbfix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB280471
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