Had a weird one show up in the logs of one of our stand-alone PCs. I don't really expect anyone knows what this means (not even Microsoft), but I thought it might be useful to report for the archives if nothing else. Anyway:
Log: System Source: LsaSrv Event ID: 6037 Level: Warning Category: None Description: The program lsass.exe, with the assigned process ID 652, could not authenticate locally by using the target name host/\\ABCDE20. The target name used is not valid. A target name should refer to one of the local computer names, for example, the DNS host name. Try a different target name. As near as I can tell, that means that something running inside the LSASS.EXE process failed to authenticate itself. The neat thing is that, as I understand it, LSASS is the process responsible for authenticating things. Local Security Authority Subsystem. Yah? So it can't talk to itself? :) "ABCDE20" has been changed, of course, but the real name of the system does appear in that position. It's the short name of the system -- there's no DNS domain name. Indeed, the system has no network connections at all. The "Microsoft Loopback Adapter" is installed - had to do that to work around some other bugs. Vista Biz SP1, if that matters. I suspect this will go in my ever-growing folder of "goofy Vista bugs". -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
