Microsoft KB Archive/320211

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Article ID: 320211

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server



This article was previously published under Q320211


SYMPTOMS

When you try to programmatically perform a security authorization check against the account permissions of a user, the authorization attempt may not be successful.

Note Security authorization techniques compare the access token of a logged-on user against a security descriptor.

CAUSE

This issue may occur if the user is not currently logged on to the domain.

RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft 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


Hotfix Information

A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows 2000 service pack that contains this hotfix.

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

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 typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

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
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5781     123,664  Adsldp.dll       
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5781     131,344  Adsldpc.dll      
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5781      62,736  Adsmsext.dll     
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5992     358,160  Advapi32.dll     
   16-Dec-2002  16:22  5.0.2195.6159      55,568  Authz.dll        
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5265      42,256  Basesrv.dll      
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5855      49,424  Browser.dll      
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.6012     135,952  Dnsapi.dll       
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.6012      96,016  Dnsrslvr.dll     
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5722      45,328  Eventlog.dll     
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5907     222,992  Gdi32.dll        
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5859     145,680  Kdcsvc.dll       
   04-Jun-2002  17:31  5.0.2195.5859     199,952  Kerberos.dll     
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.6011     708,880  Kernel32.dll     
   15-Jul-2002  11:52  5.0.2195.5940      71,024  Ksecdd.sys
   22-Jul-2002  19:54  5.0.2195.5960     507,152  Lsasrv.dll       
   22-Jul-2002  19:54  5.0.2195.5960      33,552  Lsass.exe        
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.4733     332,560  Msgina.dll       
   12-Aug-2002  20:54  5.0.2195.6006     108,816  Msv1_0.dll       
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5979     307,472  Netapi32.dll     
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5966     360,720  Netlogon.dll     
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5996     476,432  Ntdll.dll        
   06-Sep-2002  14:40  5.0.2195.6044     917,264  Ntdsa.dll        
   08-Aug-2002  21:24  5.0.2195.6003   1,688,704  Ntkrnlmp.exe     
   08-Aug-2002  21:24  5.0.2195.6003   1,688,320  Ntkrnlpa.exe     
   08-Aug-2002  21:25  5.0.2195.6003   1,708,992  Ntkrpamp.exe     
   08-Aug-2002  21:23  5.0.2195.6003   1,666,368  Ntoskrnl.exe     
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.6015     387,856  Samsrv.dll       
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5951     129,296  Scecli.dll       
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5951     302,864  Scesrv.dll       
   05-Sep-2002  14:43  5.0.2195.6048     122,880  Sp3res.dll       
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.6000     379,664  User32.dll       
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5968     369,936  Userenv.dll      
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5859      48,912  W32time.dll      
   04-Jun-2002  17:32  5.0.2195.5859      57,104  W32tm.exe        
   15-Aug-2002  17:10  5.0.2195.6017   1,642,416  Win32k.sys
   15-Aug-2002  11:30  5.0.2195.6013     179,472  Winlogon.exe     
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5935     243,472  Winsrv.dll       
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5944     125,712  Wldap32.dll      
   22-Jul-2002  19:54  5.0.2195.5960     507,664  Lsasrv.dll
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.6011     708,880  Kernel32.dll
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5996     476,432  Ntdll.dll
   16-Aug-2002  19:12  5.0.2195.6017   1,642,416  Win32k.sys
   16-Aug-2002  19:11  5.0.2195.5935     243,472  Winsrv.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 Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

After you install this security patch, the Authorization Framework (Authz.dll) file permits you to perform authorization checks against the user account security identifier (SID). This permits you to use a security model that will perform authorization checks of a user who is not currently logged on to the domain.

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


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