User Migration Fails If Only the "Everyone" Group Exists

ID: Q157608

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Migration Tool for NetWare (Nwconv.exe) to transfer user and group accounts from a NetWare server to a computer running Windows NT Server, no user accounts are transferred. In addition, you see the following error message in the log file:

Error: getting groups on server: <server-name>

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if there are no groups other than the default EVERYONE group on the NetWare server.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, create another group (other than the EVERYONE group) on the NetWare server before you migrate the accounts to Windows NT.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51 and 4.0.

Additional query words: nwconv migrate convert

Keywords : kbnetwork kbbug4.00 kbbug3.51 NTSrv ntutil
Version : winnt:3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
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