ISecurityCallContext::IsUserInRole Does Not Work If Domain Global Groups Are Members of the Specified Role (286769)

SYMPTOMS

ISecurityCallContext::IsUserInRole may return FALSE instead of TRUE if the User ID that is being checked is in a domain global group, and that global group is a member of the specified role. If any global groups are members of the specified role, IsUserInRole returns FALSE, even if the specified User ID is a member along with the global groups. This problem occurs on computers that are joined to a domain; this problem does not occur on a domain controller.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because of a limitation in the Win32 application programming interface (API) GetEffectiveRightsFromAcl. This API returns error 1355 if the access control list (ACL) (which is specified in the first parameter in this function) contains an access control entry (ACE) that specifies a domain global group security identifier (SID).

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
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   02/20/2001   12:51p   5.0.2195.2564   101,136   Ntmarta.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 2.

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

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes