COMTI Security Override Fails If UserID or Password Is Longer than 10 Characters (321926)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000
This article was previously published under Q321926

SYMPTOMS

COM Transaction Integrator (COMTI) applications that use the explicit security override feature to supply a userID and a password to COMTI generate the following error message when a userID or a password that is longer than 10 characters is submitted.
HRESULT=0x800706BE
Automation error. The remote procedure call failed.

CAUSE

The internal buffer sizes that COMTI uses for userID and password are limited to 10 bytes. However, there is no automatic test to make sure that this character length is not exceeded.

RESOLUTION

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

328152 How to Obtain the Latest Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack

COMTI now performs a test to make sure that the userID and password are 10 characters or fewer. If either value is longer than 10 characters, COMTI generates a 1419 error, which indicates that an authentication failure occurred.

This error will appear in the event logs as follows:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: COMTI
Event Category: General
Event ID: 102

Description:
(102) COM Transaction Integrator reported the following exception to the client:

Component: CICS_LINK.CedarBank.1
Method: cedrbank

Exception description:
(1419) The LU 6.2 user ID or password were not valid for host. If your application explicitly supplies host security credentials using the callback facility, enter a user ID and password that are valid for the host. If you are using Host Integration Server 2000 integrated host security, contact the system administrator.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000. This problem was first corrected in Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION

You can turn on a COMTI trace by using Tracebits.exe.

If the userID is longer than 10 characters, the last 2 lines of the COMTI Tracebits log file look similar to the following:

3528 000009d8 Apr 29 12:18:45.008	14040	LU 6.2 Transport Connect 
explicit security callback succeeded.
3528 000009d8 Apr 29 12:18:45.008	14040	LU 6.2 Transport Connect got 
userid.
If the password is longer than 10 characters, the last 3 lines of the COMTI Tracebits log file look similar to the following:

1656 00000a14 Apr 29 12:25:19.477	14040	LU 6.2 Transport Connect 
explicit security callback succeeded.
1656 00000a14 Apr 29 12:25:19.477	14040	LU 6.2 Transport Connect got 
userid.
1656 00000a14 Apr 29 12:25:19.477	14040	LU 6.2 Transport Connect got 
pswd.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/18/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbfix kbHostIntegServ2000preSP1fix kbHostIntegServ2000SP1fix KB321926
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