No Global Groups Are Available Creating File-Share Resource Permissions in Cluster Administrator (278710)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

This article was previously published under Q278710

SYMPTOMS

When you create a new file-share resource in Cluster Administrator and assign access permissions, the following objects are available:

Users
Domain local groups
Universal groups

However, no global groups are available, no matter which domain you select.

RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

Hotfix Information

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   15-Nov-2000  17:48  5.0.2195.5917  152,848  Cluadmex.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbOSWin2000fix kbWin2kSP4fix kbbug kbClustering kbfix w2000mscs KB278710