When migrating Local Securty Groups, members show as Foreign Security Principals (NETIQKB71420)

  • 7771420
  • 06-Jan-2009
  • 03-Nov-2011

Environment

Domain Migration Administrator 7.6

 

Situation

Re-migrated accounts are displayed in the AD Users and Computers administrative tool as Foreign Security Principals

When migrating Local Securty Groups, members show as Foreign Security Principals

Local Security Groups members show a red arrow

Resolution

Hotfix 71420 resolves the issue where re-migrated accounts are displayed in the Active Directory Users and Computers administrative tool as Foreign Security Principals, identified by a red arrow.

To resolve this issue, apply hotfix 71420 or upgrade to the latest version of DMA.

Cause

This issue can occur if you are migrating a group with a previously migrated user account, or if you are migrating a user account and select the option to migrate its associated groups.

Additional Information

Formerly known as NETIQKB71420