Microsoft KB Archive/316733

= Removing a User from a Domain Local Group May Not Be Audited =

Article ID: 316733

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q316733



SYMPTOMS
If you remove a user from a different domain (in the same forest) from a domain local group, and if the domain controller on which you perform the removal operation is not a global catalog, the event is audited by Security Accounts Manager (SAM).

Note that SAM auditing must be turned on. For example, the audit policy on the domain controller must include the &quot;Audit Account Management&quot; policy. This is not the same as the &quot;Audit Directory Service Access&quot; policy, which audits the fact that the group object has been modified.



CAUSE
On domain controllers that are not global catalogs, references to users from other domains are stored by using phantoms. For example, if you add a user from another domain to a group, a phantom is created to represent the user so that the membership attribute can link to it in the local database (DIT).

If you are auditing removal from a group, SAM requires information about the user who is being removed. A phantom contains all of the information that is required for the audit (it contains the SID, GUID, and DN), but SAM does not use this information, or permit a network call to be placed to obtain the information from a global catalog.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date         Time   Version         Size       File name ---  28-Jan-2002  10:59  5.0.2195.4685     123,664  Adsldp.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4851     130,832  Adsldpc.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4016      62,736  Adsmsext.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4873     356,112  Advapi32.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4797      41,744  Basesrv.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4874     135,440  Dnsapi.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4874      95,504  Dnsrslvr.dll 28-Jan-2002 11:06  5.0.2195.4848     521,488  Instlsa5.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4630     145,680  Kdcsvc.dll 26-Nov-2001 16:33  5.0.2195.4680     199,440  Kerberos.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4829     708,880  Kernel32.dll 04-Sep-2001 08:32  5.0.2195.4276      71,024  Ksecdd.sys 16-Jan-2002 15:02  5.0.2195.4848     503,568  Lsasrv.dll 16-Jan-2002 15:02  5.0.2195.4848      33,552  Lsass.exe 07-Dec-2001 16:05  5.0.2195.4745     107,280  Msv1_0.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4874     306,960  Netapi32.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4874     359,184  Netlogon.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4797     476,432  Ntdll.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4879     916,240  Ntdsa.dll 22-Jan-2002 19:22  5.0.2195.4864   1,688,192  Ntkrnlmp.exe 22-Jan-2002 19:25  5.0.2195.4864   1,687,744  Ntkrnlpa.exe 22-Jan-2002 19:26  5.0.2195.4864   1,708,480  Ntkrpamp.exe 22-Jan-2002 19:22  5.0.2195.4864   1,665,856  Ntoskrnl.exe 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4847     388,368  Samsrv.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4874     128,784  Scecli.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4878     299,792  Scesrv.dll 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4600      48,400  W32time.dll 06-Nov-2001 11:43  5.0.2195.4600      56,592  W32tm.exe 28-Jan-2002 10:59  5.0.2195.4871     125,712  Wldap32.dll 16-Jan-2002 15:02  5.0.2195.4848     503,568  Lsasrv.dll 28-Jan-2002 11:04  5.0.2195.4829     708,880  Kernel32.dll 28-Jan-2002 11:07  5.0.2195.4797     476,432  Ntdll.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

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