Re: Native Mode vs Mixed Mode

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_N0sPaM-comcast.net)
Date: 08/31/04


Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:34:14 GMT

OK. Hope they can help. I can not think of anything else offhand other than
looking in Event Viewer for any pertinent errors in the system or
application log that may give a hint. --- Steve

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:357401c48f48$3edfd410$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks.
> Just to clarify. The application "user" is part of the
> domain administrators group and have full control of the
> domain. We can log onto any server in the domain as this
> user and run a simple batch file that does create the
> global group in an existing Organizational Unit on the
> DC. However, when this batch file is run as part of the
> software application process, the global group creation
> fails.
>
> I did try and change the domain in our test environment
> to native mode, but that did not change the error.
>
> I have contacted the software vendor, they are looking
> into it as well. Thanks
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I would try to contact the publisher of the software. I
> doubt it is a problem with
> >mixed mode - at least from what you describe as global
> groups exist in both modes.
> >Universal groups require Native mode. I would try to pre
> create the global group for
> >the domain and make sure that you are logged on as a
> domain administrator when
> >running that application which would be required to
> create a global group. Looking in
> >the Event Viewer system and application logs may also
> provide a clue. --- Steve
> >
> >
> >"Nicole" <nbeauregard@genesys-soft.com> wrote in message
> >news:2aea01c48ea0$5d3f2f30$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> My company has an application that creates Global
> >> Security groups on a domain controller as part of the
> >> process. We are trying to have this application create
> >> the global group within a domain, but continuously get
> >> this error when attempting to do so. Run Time Error
> >> Encountered-Abort: Error #-2147016651 Automation error
> >> The server is unwilling to process the request. Could
> >> it be that the server will not allow this because the
> >> domain is in Mixed mode and not Native mode?
> >
> >
> >.
> >



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