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Q255658: SMS: Manage SMS Users Does Not Remove Users from SMS Admins

Article: Q255658
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:2.0,2.0 SP1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSecurity kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsmsAdmin kbsms200preSP3
Last Modified: 26-JUL-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 2.0, 2.0 SP1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the Manage SMS Users Wizard to grant rights to a user, the user is
added to the SMS Administrators group in the domain. However, when you use the
wizard to remove the user's rights, the user is not removed from the SMS
Administrators group.

WORKAROUND
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When you remove permissions from a user account, manually remove the user
account from the SMS Administrators local group.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbSecurity kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsmsAdmin kbsms200preSP3 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 kbSMS200SP1
Version           : winnt:2.0,2.0 SP1
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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