F.0 Microsoft Windows Events

The driver logs the following events to the Password Sync event log in Microsoft Windows environments:

Table F-1 Logged Password Sync Events

Event Description

Type

Explanation

The password filter has been fully initialized. Domain Name = DomainName, Computer Name = ComputerName, Host Name = HostName

Information

Identity Manager successfully initialized the PassSync utility.

The password filter could not initialize its registry values.

Error

Identity Manager could not open the registry key /HKLM/SOFTWARE/NOVELL/PWFILTER.

The password synchronization notification for user UserName failed

Error

Pwfilter could not send a password notification to the PassSync utility for this user account.

The password for user UserName could not be changed.

Error

Identity Manager could not change the password for the specified user account.

The password filter RPC server failed to load.

Error

The PassSync remote procedure call (RPC) server could not initialize. Check that RPC services are running on the server.

The password for user UserName in directory DirectoryName was not synchronized because the password change timed out.

Error

Identity Manager could not synchronize passwords for the specified user because the key exceeded its time to live as set in the driver.

The Cryptographic Service Provider has defaulted to CSPProvider. Encryption will be downgraded to the standards of this provider. Execution of the password synchronization server will not be affected. If higher encryption standards are required, please contact your network administrator.

Warning

Identity Manager has defaulted to using the base Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) specified in the event description.

A request to allocate RequestedSize bytes of memory failed. Tag value = TagValue.

Error

Identity Manager could not allocate the requested memory.

Driver NOT synchronizing passwords with the domain controller

Error

Identity Manager and the Active Directory driver are not synchronizing passwords with this domain controller (DC). This may be due to pwfilter not being installed or being installed incorrectly.

Driver is synchronizing passwords with the domain controller

Information

Identity Manager and the Active Directory driver are successfully synchronizing passwords with this DC