SEC.12 'Connection to System Failed'

Symptom

You have installed Microsoft Windows XP SP2, but you have not installed hotfix 919477. If you want to connect to a system with NWBC, the connection fails. An error message appears: Connecting to 'SYS' failed. The backend of connection 'SYS' returned a fatal error: An unknown error occurred while processing the certificate.

Connecting to ... failed

Solution

Request and install hotfix 919477. For more information, see 7.2 Use of Digital Certificates.

Note that in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 the hotfix is included automatically.

SAP-Internal

For SAP-internal developers, the hotfix is available at \\NS0009\nwuif\nwbc\download\winhttp_patch\XP.