Logon Allowed When Access Denied to Mandatory User Profile

ID: Q164133

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When a user of a mandatory profile attempts to log on, but has insufficient access to read the mandatory user profile, the following message is displayed:

You do not have permission to access your central profile located at \\server\share\username.MAN. The operating system is attempting to log you on with your local profile.

The system then proceeds to log the user on with a default profile.

The ability to log on should not be allowed if the mandatory user profile is not accessible.

CAUSE

There is a problem in Userenv.dll that causes incorrect handling of Access Denied error conditions when accessing mandatory user profiles.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, grant users of the mandatory profile appropriate access rights to it.

Alternatively apply the related hotfix, which fixes this problem.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt mandatory user profiles man pdm

Keywords : ntdomain ntsecurity kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 ntnetserv kbfix4.00.sp3 NTSrvWkst
Version : 4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug