Microsoft KB Archive/304286

= FIX: Application Center 2000 may not replicate ACL changes on directories =

Article ID: 304286

Article Last Modified on 12/20/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Application Center 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q304286



SYMPTOMS
If you add an access control list (ACL) to a directory and do a synchronization, the ACL doesn't get replicated to the members. If you change the signature of the directory (MS-DOS attributes, size, or modified date) and then do a synchronization, the ACL is then replicated.

If you have Enable automatic updates selected for the cluster, this problem will usually not occur.



CAUSE
If Enable automatic updates is turned off, directories are only replicated if their last modified date, MS-DOS attributes, or size are changed.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, upgrade to Application Center 2000 Service Pack (SP) 1. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

309384 How to obtain the latest Application Center 2000 service pack

Workaround
To work around this problem, you can change the directory's signature (MS-DOS attributes, size, or modified date) in addition to changing the ACL. You can do this easily by using the Touch.exe tool in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit tools, which changes the modified date of any file or directory.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

This bug was corrected in Application Center Service Pack (SP) 1.



MORE INFORMATION
If you change an ACL but nothing else on a file or directory and you have Enable automatic updates enabled, the ACL change will usually replicate, but if the file change notification is missed or the automatic replication fails, then the changed ACL will not be replicated until you change something in the file signature (date modified, file size, or MS-DOS attributes). Touch.exe from the Windows NT or Windows 2000 Resource Kit changes the file modified date and is usually the least disruptive thing you can do to make sure an ACL change is replicated on a file. Creating and deleting a file in the directory is usually the least disruptive thing you can do to make sure an ACL change is replicated on that directory.

Note The fix for this problem in SP1 only works on directories. Even with the fix installed, you must still &quot;touch&quot; ordinary files when you change the ACL on a directory. Therefore, use Touch.exe or another method to modify the file signature whenever you change the ACL on a file.

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