Cannot Use Domain Local Groups for Active Directory Certificate Mapping

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This article was previously published under Q324377

SYMPTOMS

When you use directory service certificate mapping to authenticate the users with a client certificate in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), the user may receive an access denied error, although the access rights are set up correctly.

This only occurs with the following configuration:

The user account is a member of a domain global group.
The domain global group is a member of a domain local group.
The access rights are granted to the domain local group.

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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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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Hotfix Information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language. 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-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5781     123,664  Adsldp.dll       
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5781     131,344  Adsldpc.dll      
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5781      62,736  Adsmsext.dll     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5940     358,160  Advapi32.dll     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5265      42,256  Basesrv.dll      
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5855      49,424  Browser.dll      
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5943     135,952  Dnsapi.dll       
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5595      96,016  Dnsrslvr.dll     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5722      45,328  Eventlog.dll     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5907     222,992  Gdi32.dll        
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5859     145,680  Kdcsvc.dll       
   04-Jun-2002  12:31  5.0.2195.5859     199,952  Kerberos.dll     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.4928     708,880  Kernel32.dll     
   15-Jul-2002  06:52  5.0.2195.5940      71,024  Ksecdd.sys
   15-Jul-2002  06:52  5.0.2195.5940     507,152  Lsasrv.dll       
   15-Jul-2002  06:52  5.0.2195.5940      33,552  Lsass.exe        
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.4733     332,560  Msgina.dll       

   04-Jun-2002  12:31  5.0.2195.5859     107,792  Msv1_0.dll       
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5877     307,472  Netapi32.dll     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5932     360,208  Netlogon.dll     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5886     917,264  Ntdsa.dll        
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5585     386,832  Samsrv.dll       
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5837     128,784  Scecli.dll       
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5921     300,304  Scesrv.dll       
   15-Jul-2002  06:31  5.1.2195.0        146,192  Schannel.dll     
   08-Jul-2002  13:43  5.0.2195.5934      64,000  Sp3res.dll       
   21-Jun-2002  08:09  5.2.2.10            3,584  Spmsg.dll        
   21-Jun-2002  08:10  5.2.2.10           44,544  Spuninst.exe     
   12-Jun-2001  20:05  5.0.2195.3727       3,856  Svcpack1.dll     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5931     379,664  User32.dll       
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5644     369,936  Userenv.dll      
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5859      48,912  W32time.dll      
   04-Jun-2002  12:32  5.0.2195.5859      57,104  W32tm.exe        
   03-Jul-2002  15:41  5.0.2195.5929   1,642,384  Win32k.sys
   03-May-2002  09:31  5.0.2195.5731     178,960  Winlogon.exe     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5935     243,472  Winsrv.dll       
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5904     125,712  Wldap32.dll      
   15-Jul-2002  06:52  5.0.2195.5940     507,152  Lsasrv.dll       
   15-Jul-2002  06:31  5.1.2195.0        146,192  Schannel.dll     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.4928     708,880  Kernel32.dll     
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5929   1,642,384  Win32k.sys
   16-Jul-2002  10:39  5.0.2195.5935     243,472  Winsrv.dll       
   21-Jun-2002  08:10  5.2.2.10           10,240  Spcustom.dll

Note that this hotfix must be installed on the domain controllers.

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WORKAROUND

Grant the access rights directly to the Domain Global Group.

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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.

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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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265173/EN-US/ ) 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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861/EN-US/ ) Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

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