UNIX to Windows Password Synchronization Service Availability

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

UNIX to Windows Password Synchronization Service Availability provides information to help you interpret system messages indicating the operational state of the UNIX to Windows password synchronization service and its availability to synchronize user account passwords to the Windows environment that are changed in the UNIX environment.

When Password Synchronization is configured for UNIX to Windows synchronization, and the synchronization service is available, passwords that are changed on UNIX hosts are synchronized on Windows-based computers and domains. The Password Synchronization pluggable authentication module (PAM) makes this possible by intercepting the password change request on the UNIX host, encrypting the password, and then sending the password change request to the Password Synchronization service running on the Windows-based computers with which it is configured to be synchronized.

The UNIX to Windows Password Synchronization Service is generally available unless the Password Synchronization daemon has failed to initialize.

Events

Event ID Source Message

8211

Microsoft-Windows-IDMU-PSync

Failure initializing the daemon to receive password changes. %rerror = %1

8212

Microsoft-Windows-IDMU-PSync

Failure binding to socket in daemon. %rerror = %1

8213

Microsoft-Windows-IDMU-PSync

Failure monitoring socket in daemon. %rerror = %1

8244

Microsoft-Windows-IDMU-PSync

Failed to set socket option. %rerror = %1

12295

Microsoft-Windows-IDMU-PSync

Failed to set socket option SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE. %rerror = %1

Password Synchronization

Identity Management for UNIX