Grantuser Returns 1344 Error on Project with Large ACL

• Microsoft Commercial Internet System, version 1.0
• Microsoft Site Server, version 2.0

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to run a grantuser command on a project with a large Access Control List (ACL), you get the following 1344 error message:

   No more memory is available for security information updates.

CAUSE

This is a limitation of the command line interface, which only allows a 4- KB buffer or approximately 11 user permissions per project.

WORKAROUND

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For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.

There are two workarounds:

Method 1 1. Start Regedit32.exe. 2. Select Security and Permissions. 3. Add more than 11 user permissions.

Method 2 1. Create a local group for each project. 2. Add the users to the project group. 3. Run Grantuser.exe to add the group to the project.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0 and Site Server version 2.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Site Server 2.0 Service Pack 1. 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

MORE INFORMATION

The buffer for the command line interface has been increased to 64 KB, which will allow approximately 176 user permissions per project.

Keywords          : kbbug2.00
Version           : 1.0,2.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix