User Migration Fails If Only the "Everyone" Group Exists (157608)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q157608

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Migration Tool for NetWare (Nwconv.exe) to transfer user and group accounts from a NetWare server to a computer running Windows NT Server, no user accounts are transferred. In addition, you see the following error message in the log file:
Error: getting groups on server: <server-name>

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if there are no groups other than the default EVERYONE group on the NetWare server.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, create another group (other than the EVERYONE group) on the NetWare server before you migrate the accounts to Windows NT.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51 and 4.0.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/21/2002
Keywords:kbnetwork KB157608
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