Microsoft KB Archive/818740

= Access Control List Editor displays groups by using their SAM account names instead of their comon names (CN) =

Article ID: 818740

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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SYMPTOMS
When you view the contents of the Security tab in the properties dialog box of an object, or when you view the security permissions of an object by running a command-line utility such as CACLS, the security or distribution groups appear in the following format

( \ )

where  is the value of Active Directory samAccountName attribute, and where   is the name of your domain.

Note The samAccountName is the logon name used to support clients and servers from an earlier version of Windows (such as Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and earlier, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows 98).

User accounts in the same dialog box are displayed by using their common name. For example:

User Name (Alias@domain.com)

Because of this, if the group display name is different from the pre-Windows 2000 group name (samAccountName attribute), you may not be able to determine the correct group to apply security permissions to.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, you can install the hotfix that is described in this article. After you install the hotfix, Windows 2000 uses the object common name (CN) instead of the samAccountName attribute at the start of the line that describes the group.

Hotfix Information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart Requirement
You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix Replacement Information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File Information
The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Date        Time   Version            Size    File name -- 28-Apr-2003 15:30  5.0.2195.6741      78,096  Aclui.dll 28-Apr-2003 15:30  5.0.2195.6741      46,864  Secur32.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New Naming Schema for Microsoft Windows Hotfix Packages

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbwin2000presp5fix KB818740

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