We have changed the password of the account used to run some services of MOSS server. After some time, Event ID 6641 started to appear after approximately 5 minutes in the event viewer.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Office SharePoint Server
Event Category: Office Server Shared Services
Event ID: 6641
Date: XXXXXX
Time: XXXXXX
User: N/A
Computer: XXXXXX
Description:
The SSP Timer Job Distribution List Import Job was not run.
Reason: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password
Technical Support Details:
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Utilities.WindowsSecurity.GetUserTokenFromCredentials(String userDomainName, String password, LogonType logonType)
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Utilities.WindowsSecurity.GetUserTokenFromCredentials(String userDomainName, String password)
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.JobHandler.Execute(Object state, Boolean timedOut)
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Resolution:
Run following two commands using STSADM:
stsadm -o updatefarmcredentials [-identitytype] <configurableid/NetworkService>
[-userlogin] <domain\user name> [-password] <password> [-local]
stsadm -o updateaccountpassword -userlogin <domain\name> -password <password> [-noadmin]