ACLs That Are Not Valid Are Restored if an Update of an ACL Does Not Work in Windows 2000 (309342)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
This article was previously published under Q309342

SYMPTOMS

You may experience either of the following symptoms:
  • When you try to update an Access Control List (ACL), you may not be able to do so. This symptom may occur if an "access denied" error message is generated during the application of the updated ACL. When the updated ACL is not applied, the previous ACLs are not restored to the files or folders. After this occurs, files or folder appear to have a blank ACL, so they default to inheritance. Inheritance means that permissions that you do not want to be applied are applied to the folders or files.
  • If the following conditions exist, you may receive an "Unable to save permissions: Access Denied" error message:
    • You have full permissions to a directory tree.
    • You try to give another person or group permissions to that directory tree
    • You use the "Reset permissions on all child object and enable propagation of inheritable permissions" feature at the root of the tree.
    When you close the error message, and then click Properties again, the Security tab is missing.

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
   -----------------------------------------------------
   03-Oct-2001  16:44  5.0.2195.4462  34,064  Rshx32.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 3.

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

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbSecurity kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB309342
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