Microsoft KB Archive/276422

= The Certificate Request Behavior for the Administrator Domain Account =

PSS ID Number: 276422

Article Last Modified on 12/18/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q276422



SUMMARY
This article describes the behavior of user certificate requests for the administrator user account for a Windows Server 2003-based domain. The behavior of such requests varies, depending on whether the request is made while you are logged on locally to a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller or while you are logged on to a workstation or member server.



MORE INFORMATION
The following list describes the behavior of user certificate requests for the administrator user account for a Windows Server 2003-based domain:
 * When an administrator is not logged on to a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller, a certification authority (CA) can publish only one user certificate to: CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=childdomainname,DC=domainname,DC=com
 * When an administrator is logged on to a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller, a CA can publish multiple user certificates to: CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=childdomainname,DC=domainname,DC=com
 * For comparison purposes, a CA can publish multiple certificates for a typical Windows Server 2003-based user who is logged on to a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller.

Additional query words: certsrv authority

Keywords: kbCertServices kbenv kbinfo w2000certsrv KB276422

Technology: kbSBServ2003Pre kbSBServ2003Search kbSBServ2003St kbSBServSearch kbWinServ2003Data kbWinServ2003DataSearch kbWinServ2003Ent kbWinServ2003EntSearch kbWinServ2003Search kbWinServ2003St

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