Users Who Belong to LDAP Groups with an Ampersand ("&") or Forward Slash ("/") in the Group Name Cannot Log On to Content Management Server (312126)

SYMPTOMS

If users belong to a group that contains an ampersand ("&") or a forward slash ("/") in the group name, the users cannot log on to Content Management Server (CMS). This behavior applies to Content Management Server user roles, as well as CMS Administrator, System, or Guest accounts.

Some problematic LDAP group names are:

LDAP://CN=Sales & Marketing,OU=Distribution Lists,DC=mydomain,DC=com
LDAP://CN=Sales/Marketing,OU=Distribution Lists,DC=mydomain,DC=com

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Content Management Server 2001. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

313957 How to Obtain the Latest Content Management Server 2001 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version     Size    File name
   --------------------------------------------------
   2-Nov-2001   14:08  4.1.942.0   136 KB  AESecurityService.exe
   2-Nov-2001   14:16  4.1.942.0  1.03 MB  AEServerObject.dll
   2-Nov-2001   14:18  4.1.942.0   128 KB  AEUsrMgr.dll
   2-Nov-2001   14:29  4.1.942.0   776 KB  ServerConfigurationAPI.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Content Management Server 2001. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 Service Pack 1.