Why are SIDS showing up in File Permissions tab?

[Eric]

I am on a Windows 2000 AD domain, and my win 2k sp3 member
server is displaying SIDS instead of user's names, when I
check file/share permissions. These are NOT deleted
accounts. The users are still able to access these
folders/files, but I cannot see who has access by name,
only by SID.

I can add access for a user, see their name in the
properties for a few minutes, then it turns into a SID. If
I try to re-add them, it says "user already exists in
group" or similar message saying that the user is there,
just in SID format.

I moved my server from a NT 4.0 domain to AD, and a few
weeks later, this problem started happening. Any
suggestions?

Thanks,
Eric

 

[Jimmy Andersson [MVP]]

It can't map the SID to the username, most likely name lookup failure, check
your DNS.

Regards,
/Jimmy

 

[Chriss3]

Eric. What you see is a broken SID in your ACL. The Object may not exist
longer or belongs to the old domain.

 

[Skeeter]

I have the same exact problem, and aquired it by the same means. This
does cause a problem if the member server in question is also home to
your SQL server. If you try to add a domain user to a DB, it returns a
'user not found' error even after choosing it from a poulated list of
domain users. I would love to find an answer to this problem.
Thanks,
Lawson

 

[Skeeter]

I have the same exact problem, and aquired it by the same means. This
does cause a problem if the member server in question is also home to
your SQL server. If you try to add a domain user to a DB, it returns a
'user not found' error even after choosing it from a poulated list of
domain users. I would love to find an answer to this problem.
Thanks,
Lawson