SID's without names

[bmacfa]

I've got some SID's that randomly appear in file security properties. They appear in SID format and have no name and have a question mark beside the head. My understanding is that the OS ( Windows 2000 ) cannot find a name for the SID in a lookup table. I think they're causing me other problems and I'd like to get rid of them. Is they're a utility for this or does anyone know of a way of getting rid of them.

 

[kippy13]

Hi,
These SIDS are of objects which have had accounts deleted on the server. Its unlikely that they are causing you problems.

"Sometimes I do not know but I try hard"- R.F. Haughty 1923

 

[kippy13]

Just some more information.
The SIDs without names are probably old user accounts not
existing on the Domain or your machine. You can delete
them.


"Sometimes I do not know but I try hard"- R.F. Haughty 1923

 

[bcastner]

If you have a trust relationship with a second (or more) Domain I would investigate problems of Domain A reaching the DCs or PDCs of the other Domains. As the problem is happening regularly it strongly suggests an inter-Domain or inter-DC communication failure of an intermittant type.

And is perhaps a good indication of some issue on the Domain.

 

[noobtechie]

For the utility you can modify it with ghostwalk. Make sure that when you boot it up it's off the network when rename it.