Key ownership (Windows)

Module: Registry

Supported Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP

This option reports registry key ownership that does not match the template.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Key ownership

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: ESM_WRONG_KEY_OWNER

Category: System Information

  • Windows 2000 (106734)

  • Windows 2003 (206734)

  • Windows 2008 (249734)

  • Windows Vista (229734)

  • Windows XP (201734)

Title: Different key ownership

Description:The owner of the registry key does not match the owner that is specified in the template. If the change is authorized update the template manually. If the change is not authorized, restore the original key ownership.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [Owner: %s; expected: %s; comment: %s]

String ID: ESM_NOOWNER

Category: System Information

  • Windows 2000 (106736)

  • Windows 2003 (206736)

  • Windows 2008 (249736)

  • Windows Vista (229736)

  • Windows XP (201736)

Title: Account specified in template does not exist on system

Description:The account does not exist on this agent. Add the account to the agent or change the owner in the template.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: ESM_NOMATCH_PRIV_ENTRY

Category: System Information

  • Windows 2000 (106751)

  • Windows 2003 (206751)

  • Windows 2008 (249751)

  • Windows Vista (229751)

  • Windows XP (201751)

Title: Privileged user ACL entry does not match

Description:The privileged account's permissions on the key do not match those of any privileged user in the template. If the account's permissions are not authorized, change them to match the permissions of one of the privileged users in the template. If they are authorized, update the template manually. This message is reported only if the Allow any privileged account option is enabled.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [Account: %s; permissions: %s; comment: %s]