In this post, you’ll learn about the Win32 Error “0x0000218D – ERROR_DS_CANT_DERIVE_SPN_WITHOUT_SERVER_REF” that you get when debugging system erors in Windows.
The System Error Codes in Windows is a standard computer errors that occurs on Windows PCs. The System Error are usually intended for the developers troubleshooting issues related to the messages returned by the GetLastError.
Most of these Windows Errors are defined in the WinError.h file. The description of these error codes are very general and requires some bit of analysis to understand the exact issue.
Error Message
0x0000218D – ERROR_DS_CANT_DERIVE_SPN_WITHOUT_SERVER_REF
Error Description
The directory service cannot derive an SPN with which to mutually authenticate the target server because the corresponding server object in the local DS database has no serverReference attribute.
