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Error message on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer when you log on to an iSCSI target by using CHAP authentication: "Authentication Failure"

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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:
�You use the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based compute to connect to an iSCSI target.
�You use CHAP authentication.
�On the iSCSI target, you configure the CHAP username or the shared secret to contain non-ASCII characters.
�You enter the correct user name or the shared secret, and you try to log on to the target.
In this scenario, you receive the following error message:
Authentication Failure

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Cause

This problem occurs because Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator uses the active code page to encode CHAP credentials. For example, if you have Japanese characters in the CHAP user name or in the shared secret, the Japanese characters are encoded as Shift-JIS instead of as the standard UTF-8.

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Workaround

To work around this problem, use only ASCII characters in the CHAP user name and the shared secret.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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Keywords: kberrmsg, kbtshoot, kbprb, KB946482

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Article Info
Article ID : 946482
Revision : 3
Created on : 1/6/2008
Published on : 1/6/2008
Exists online : False
Views : 186