Re: WSS and Active Directory Account Creation Mode

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From: Ian Morrish (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:47:46 -0800

Appart from members of the loacl administrators group...
Regards,
Ian
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>If you're in ADACM, you can't use existing AD users. :(
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>"J Irving" <pittster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi Everyone, hope someone can help.
>>
>> We have a Windows Server 2003 box with WSS installed
in Active
>> Directory Account Creation Mode that will be used for
a couple of the
>> local chapters of MPUG. They work fine.
>>
>> However, we were hoping to have our intranet on this
box as well. We
>> would like to use the existing accounts that have been
created in AD.
>> When I try to add accounts that exist in ad I get the
following error:
>>
>> "None of the users or cross-site groups you entered
could be added.
>> Please make sure there were no typing mistakes on the
previous page
>> and semicolons were used to separate the names."
>>
>> So I have been experimenting, adding a user to the
local Administrator
>> group. I have tried adding the users to the STSAdmin
group for the
>> local machine as well. I have tried adding these users
to Delegate
>> Control of the Sharepoint OU. Clear the IE cache and
restart IIS.
>> Nothing... I still get the same error. I go home for
the day
>> fustrated.
>>
>> Here is what will make someone go crazy. The day after
I try all this,
>> I CAN ADD THE USER. I am simply prompted for their
email address. What
>> the hell???
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea why this occurs. Why doesn't
WSS allow for
>> account creation mode but not recognize existing
domain users. Is
>> there a registry entry or an entry in the DB that will
allow the
>> addition of existing domain users?
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