SMS: Low-Rights User Is Unable to Browse Criteria 'Values' Without Class Rights (305096)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
This article was previously published under Q305096

SYMPTOMS

When a user that does not have class-level read or read-resource rights to the Collections class attempts to construct a query, and subsequently attempts to browse a list of attribute values by clicking the Values button on the General tab of the Criterion Properties dialog box, no results are returned for any hardware or software class attributes. Note that this may occur even though the user has read-resource rights to the instance of the collection to which the query is limited.

CAUSE

Collection limiting for a query is not implemented when you click the Values button on the General tab of the Criterion Properties dialog box. Without collection limiting, unless the user has class-level read and read resource rights to collections class, no results are returned when you click the Values button.

RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

288239 How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 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 Systems Management Server (SMS) 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:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

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 post-SMS 2.0 Service Pack 3 version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date         Time   Version         Size       File name      Platform
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   01-Mar-2001  15:00  2.0.1493.3200     540,672  Mmcbasui.dll   Intel
   01-Mar-2001  17:05  2.0.1493.3213     207,056  Sms_pcol.dll   Intel
   01-Mar-2001  17:05  2.0.1493.3213     101,056  Sms_pqry.dll   Intel
   01-Mar-2001  15:00  2.0.1493.3200   1,008,400  Mmcbasui.dll   Alpha 
   01-Mar-2001  17:05  2.0.1493.3213     404,752  Sms_pcol.dll   Alpha 
   01-Mar-2001  17:05  2.0.1493.3213     197,904  Sms_pqry.dll   Alpha
NOTE: Due to file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains the above files may also contain additional files.


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 Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5.

MORE INFORMATION

To install the hotfix, use the appropriate method on the SMS site server and each computer that is running an instance of the administrator console.

Using the Hotfix Installer

NOTE: You can use this method only on Intel-based computers.
  1. Copy the hotfix folder structure to a share on your network. Q305096.exe is an SMS Installer file that updates specific files on your site server.
  2. Log on to your site server by using an account with administrative privileges.
  3. On the site server, quit the SMS administrator console.
  4. Run Q305096.exe, and then follow the directions in the wizard. You can run the file in Quiet mode by using the /s switch.

Manual Installation

  1. Copy the following SMS Administrator console files to a disk or network share:
    • Sms_pcol.dll
    • Sms_pqry.dll
    • Mmcbasui.dll
  2. At the SMS site server, use Regsvr32.exe to unregister the files you are about to overwrite:
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pcol.dll
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pqry.dll
  3. Make a backup copy of the files:
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pcol.dll
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pqry.dll
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Mmcbasui.dll
  4. Copy the updated files from the disk or network share to the SMS site server folder:
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pcol.dll
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pqry.dll
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Mmcbasui.dll
  5. Use Regsvr32.exe to register the updated files:
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pcol.dll
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pqry.dll

To Update a Remote SMS Administrator Console

NOTE: Before you implement this update on your SMS administrator console, you must install it on the SMS site servers in your environment.
  1. From the updated SMS site server, copy the following SMS administrator console files to a disk or network share:
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pcol.dll
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pqry.dll
    • <SMS_root>\bin\<processor type>\Mmcbasui.dll
  2. At the SMS administrator console, use Regsvr32.exe to unregister the files you are about to overwrite:
    • <SMSAdmin_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pcol.dll
    • <SMSAdmin_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pqry.dll
  3. Make a backup copy of the files:
    • <SMSAdmin_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pcol.dll
    • <SMSAdmin_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pqry.dll
    • <SMSAdmin_root>\bin\<processor type>\Mmcbasui.dll
  4. Copy the updated files from the diskette or network share to the SMS Administrator console folder:
    • <SMSAdmin_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pcol.dll
    • <SMSAdmin_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pqry.dll
    • <SMSAdmin_root>\bin\<processor type>\Mmcbasui.dll
  5. Use Regsvr32.exe to register the updated files:
    • <SMSAdmin_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pcol.dll
    • <SMSAdmin_root>\bin\<processor type>\Sms_pqry.dll
With this hotfix applied, browsing for values from the query builder criterion property page returns valid attributes for the collection to which the query is limited.

For example, if you construct a query in which the criteria includes Operating System\Caption, and the query has been limited to a collection that only includes computers that are running Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, the browse list will only include an entry for Windows 2000 Professional as the Operating System Caption.

NOTE: For this new functionality to work, you must browse for the collection to which you are limiting the query. If the collection name is manually typed, the collection limiting will not be properly set for the purposes of browsing query-criterion-attribute values.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/6/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbSMS200preSP5fix kbMiscTools kbBug kbenv kbfix kbui KB305096
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