Article ID: 826452
Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
SYMPTOMS
When you try to assign a permission to a file or to add a member to a group, an Object Picker dialog box may display the message "Account unknown." You may also receive the following error message:
CAUSE
This problem occurs because Windows cannot resolve security identifiers (SIDs) to names. An SID is a numeric value that identifies a user or group. For each access control entry (ACE), an SID identifies the user or the group for whom access is permitted, denied, or audited.
RESOLUTION
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:
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 hotfix 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6748 124,688 Adsldp.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6748 132,368 Adsldpc.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6748 63,760 Adsmsext.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6800 381,712 Advapi32.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6753 69,392 Browser.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6680 134,928 Dnsapi.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6780 96,528 Dnsrslvr.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6753 47,376 Eventlog.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6759 148,240 Kdcsvc.dll 18-Jun-2003 17:43 5.0.2195.6758 205,072 Kerberos.dll 26-Mar-2003 21:37 5.0.2195.6695 71,888 Ksecdd.sys 01-Aug-2003 17:40 5.0.2195.6797 509,712 Lsasrv.dll 01-Aug-2003 17:40 5.0.2195.6797 33,552 Lsass.exe 17-Jul-2003 23:13 5.0.2195.6786 109,840 Msv1_0.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6601 311,568 Netapi32.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6791 361,232 Netlogon.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6800 931,600 Ntdsa.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6800 51,472 Samlib.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6742 392,464 Samsrv.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6737 131,344 Scecli.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6737 306,448 Scesrv.dll 15-Jul-2003 22:08 5.0.2195.6776 4,858,368 Sp3res.dll 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6601 51,472 W32time.dll 16-Aug-2002 13:32 5.0.2195.6601 57,104 W32tm.exe 06-Aug-2003 22:42 5.0.2195.6741 126,224 Wldap32.dll
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section 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
For additional information about the terminology that is used in this article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the Standard Terminology That Is Used to Describe Microsoft Product Updates, Tools, and Add-ons
Additional query words: sid name resolution
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