Microsoft KB Archive/830572

= The settings for two-way trusts appear to be incorrect when you view the authentication settings for the incoming trust in Windows Server 2003 =

Article ID: 830572

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)

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SYMPTOMS
You may decide to configure a two-way external trust or a two-way forest trust to use selective authentication for the outgoing side of the trust but not for the incoming side in Microsoft Windows Server 2003. In this scenario, the authentication settings appear to be incorrect when you view the properties of the trust in the Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in. When you click Properties for either side of the trust, and then you click the Authentication tab, the properties of both the outgoing and the incoming trusts appear to be configured to use the selective authentication setting.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because only the authentication settings for the outgoing trust are displayed when you click Properties and then click the Authentication tab in the Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in. This is true when you click either the outgoing side or the incoming side of the same trust and then view the authentication settings. By clicking Properties for either side of the trust, you generate the same Properties dialog box. Therefore, although the incoming trust appears to also be configured for selective authentication, this is not the case.



WORKAROUND
To view the correct authentication settings for the incoming side of the two-way external trust or of the two-way forest trust, connect to a domain controller in the trusted domain, and then use the Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in to view the authentication settings for the outgoing side of the same trust.



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

