The Parameter Incorrect

          SharePoint 2007 Search Crawl Error " The Parameter Incorrect"

hi,

U r face any Problems, when u configured SharePoint search 2007  search crawling , u got this Error
"The Parameter Incorrect" 

I have encountered the above implementation issue where my ACL with SharePoint Users/Groups exceeded the said limitation above and my search/indexer failed on those affected sites. I have found the following explanation from MS TechNet:

Security principal

Approximately 2,000 per ACL (Access Control List) on any securable object (scope)

The total size of the ACL on scopes can be no larger than 64kb. Because each security principal is approximately 32 bytes in size, there can be no more than approximately 2,000 security principals or less for each scope.  If this limit is reached, indexing of items in that scope, and all items below that scope, to fail. Also, because SharePoint Groups are expanded during the indexing process, having more than 2,000 users or Directory Groups in a SharePoint group and using that group for securing scopes may cause indexing of items secured with these groups, and all items below them, to fail. This limit only occurs when Windows Integrated Authentication is utilized.

What I want to understand is what is the proven workaround or long term solutions for the above mentioned? And also if this limit only occurs when using Windows Integrated Authentication, what do you mean by this and also what are the alternatives?




More Details Check these Links:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953132

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc850696(v=office.12).aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2432873

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/166348

http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=123#Comments

http://weblogs.asp.net/erobillard/archive/2008/09/11/sharepoint-security-hard-limits-and-recommended-practices.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302390.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa374872(v=vs.85).aspx

Regards,

Prasad Kasireddy.

Share Point People Search Not working

People search results returns sps3:// instead of http://

Centrail Administration-->My SSP-->Search Settings(under Search Area)-->Content sources and crawl schedules-->Local Office SharePoint Server sites.

In Local Office SharePoint Server sites, I tried following address.

1) sps3://mysharepoint.companyname.com/

2)sps3s://mysharepoint.companyname.com/

3)https://mysharepoint.companyname.com:

More Information about Protocols:

SSP3 protocol  :

The SSP3 protocol commonly shows up when you define the content sources for the SSP

Some examples:


        sps3://mysite.yourdomain.com/           
        sps3://www.yourdomain.com/mysite/

        sps3://my.yourdomain.com/


Note, that if you are using SSL on your My Site host headers, the SPS3 protocol should not be used, and you should change your content source to use the SPS3S protocol instead.


The protocol handlers (that ship out-of-the-box with MOSS 2007) translate the content source url from sps3:// into a web service call
        sps3://mysite.yourdomain.com      
     
        is actually crawled on the web front end by the indexer using a SOAP call to the web service


                http://mysite.yourdomain.com/_vti_bin/spscrawl.asmx

( the SPS3 SOAP call is made using HTTP protocol on TCP Port 56737 )

The SPS3S Protocol

The SPS3S protocol is used when you have enabled SSL for the My Sites, and is used for crawling people profiles (e.g., those defined in the SSP) to support the "People Search" functionality in the MOSS Enterprise Search.


This protocol is used to index WSS 3.0 server farms using SSL (which MOSS 2007 is layered on top of )


Some examples:


        sps3s://www.yourdomain.com/ 


        sps3s://www.yourdomain.com/mysite/


        sps3s://my.yourdomain.com/




The protocol handlers (that ship out-of-the-box with MOSS 2007) translate the content source url from sps3s:// into a web service call


        sps3s://mysite.yourdomain.com     
      
        is actually crawled on the web front end by the indexer using a SOAP call to the web service


                https://mysite.yourdomain.com/_vti_bin/spscrawl.asmx

( the SPS3S SOAP call is made using HTTP protocol on TCP Port 56738 with SSL encryption )

More Information:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/2b760f44-3eed-4ab0-96fb-fdccffe0cfdd/


http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2007/03/19/crawling-sharepoint-sites-using-the-sps3-protocol-handler.aspx


http://blogs.technet.com/b/victorbutuza/archive/2010/08/18/people-search-results-returns-sps3-instead-of-http.aspx