GetSecurityDescriptorGroup() Returns Incorrect Primary Group

ID: Q152272

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

Applications that use the Win 32 call GetSecurityDescriptorGroup() may receive an incorrect or invalid primary group security ID (SID) for the referenced security descriptor.

CAUSE

The primary group SID returned is invalid because the Local Security Authority (LSA) ignores the value that should be set in the primary group field of an object's security descriptor.

RESOLUTION

The LSA was modified to correctly set the primary group SID on an objects security descriptor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: 3.51 prodnt


Keywords          : nt32ap NTSrvWkst 
Version           : 3.51
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: February 20, 1999