DOCUMENT:Q271149  05-NOV-2000  [sms]
TITLE   :SMS: SMS 2.0 Character Limits on User and Group Accounts
PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server
PROD/VER::2.0,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbinterop kbConfig kbMMC kbServer kbsms200 kbsmsAdmin kbsmsUtil

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 2.0, 2.0 SP1, 2.0 SP2 
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SUMMARY
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When you run Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 on a Windows NT 4.0-based
computer and on a Windows 2000-based computer which is using Active Directory,
user accounts, local groups, and global groups have character-limit restrictions
in the SMS 2.0 Administrator console.

MORE INFORMATION
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SMS 2.0 limits how many characters you can use in the naming scheme of SMS users
and groups and in some cases may prevent SMS from using the maximum character
limit that is defined by the operating system.

The following table lists the character-length limits by operating system for the
various SMS accounts that you can define within the SMS Administrator console.
This table applies when you use the SMS Administrator console on a Windows NT
4.0-based computer and on a Windows 2000-based computer that is using Active
Directory.
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|                                                                                       | Windows NT 4.0 | Windows 2000 | 
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| Operating system limits                                                               |                |              | 
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| Global groups                                                                         | 20             | 64           | 
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| Local groups                                                                          | 256            | 64           | 
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| User accounts                                                                         | 20             | 64           | 
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| SMS Administrator console:
Permitted viewers for remote
tools character length limits |                |              | 
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| Global groups                                                                         | 20             | 36           | 
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| Local groups                                                                          | 36             | 36           | 
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| User accounts                                                                         | 20             | 36           | 
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| SMS Administrator console:
Security rights character limits                           |                |              | 
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| Global groups                                                                         | 20             | 20           | 
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| Local groups                                                                          | 20             | 20           | 
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| User accounts                                                                         | 20             | 20           | 
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| SMS Administrator console:
All other SMS account length
 restrictions                 |                |              | 
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| Remote installation account                                                           | 31             | 31           | 
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| Client connection accounts                                                            | 31             | 31           | 
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| Address accounts                                                                      | 31             | 31           | 
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Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbConfig kbMMC kbServer kbsms200 kbsmsAdmin kbsmsUtil 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 kbSMS200SP1 kbSMS200SP2
Version           : :2.0,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2
Issue type        : kbinfo

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