SMS: Can't Enforce Security by Group for Programs Registered with Software Metering (226844)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 SP1
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 SP2
This article was previously published under Q226844

SYMPTOMS

An online client is unable to determine the groups that a user belongs to, and is therefore unable to enforce security by group. This failure to identify and apply the permissions to a specified group causes all members of the domain to be denied the product or products that are restricted by group.

WORKAROUND

Running Restricted Products on Clients That Have Permission

Modify the Software Metering Service account so that it specifies a qualified domain user account and adds the user account to the domain administrator's group; to do so, follow these steps:
  1. Navigate to Site Systems.
  2. Right-click the site system whose Software Metering Service account you want to change, and then click Properties.
  3. In the Site System Properties dialog box, click the Software Metering Server tab, and then click Set.
  4. In the Windows NT Account dialog box, specify an account of the form domain\account.
  5. Click OK in all open dialog boxes.
  6. Wait until the next Software Metering server configuration cycle completes; open User Manager for Domains to ensure that the account has been created. If this is a new server installation, it requires two cycles to complete the service account installation as a domain account.
  7. Add the newly created domain account to the domain administrator's group using User Manager for Domains.
  8. If you are modifying the Software Metering Service account to resolve the issue after the Software Metering server has been installed, you must stop and restart the SMS_LICENSE_SERVER service (use the Services icon in Control Panel) on the Software Metering server so that it uses the new account.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION

NOTE: This behavior does not affect User and machine permissions.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/26/2006
Keywords:kbBug kbnofix kbsmsMeter KB226844
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