NET LOCALGROUP /ADD Command Is Slow

 Last reviewed: May 7, 1997
Article ID: Q101711

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1

You may experience some time delay when using 

   net localgroup <local group name> <user or global group name> /add
to add a user or global group to a local group if the user or global group is not present on the local machine, but instead resides in a domain that is trusted directly or indirectly by the local machine. In the case of a Windows NT system that belongs to a domain, the user or global group may belong to that domain or one of its trusted domains. With Windows NT Advanced Server (the primary or backup controller of a domain), the user or global group may belong to one of the domains trusted by that domain.

To minimize such a delay, specify the fully qualified name of the user or global group (<DomainName>\<UserName> for example) as opposed to the unqualified form, <UserName>.

The time delay occurs because the security identification (SID) of the user or global group has to be found. This operation in turn requires the computer name for an active primary or backup domain controller for the user's domain to be found, a process known as discovery of the domain controller. The discovery process can vary in the time it takes to complete, depending upon whether a cached computer name is available for the specified domain.

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbnetwork ntnetserv
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 7, 1997
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