What does NTSTATUS 0xC00002D5 (STATUS_DS_NO_NEST_GLOBALGROUP_IN_MIXEDDOMAIN) mean?

STATUS_DS_NO_NEST_GLOBALGROUP_IN_MIXEDDOMAIN

Meaning and context of STATUS_DS_NO_NEST_GLOBALGROUP_IN_MIXEDDOMAIN

This code identifies a legacy mixed-mode domain restriction. In that mode, a global security group can contain accounts from its own domain, but it cannot contain another global group, a universal group, or an account from another domain.

Check the target group’s scope, the candidate member’s object type and domain, and the domain functional configuration. The same nesting can be legal for a native-mode domain but still be rejected in a mixed-mode domain, so a generic “group membership failed” diagnosis loses the important condition.

Do not convert a group to Universal solely to bypass the error. A scope conversion has its own preconditions and can affect where the group SID is useful for access control. Decide whether the intended design should remain legacy-compatible or whether a planned functional-level and scope review is appropriate.

Mixed-mode nesting rules | Native-mode nesting rules | Group scope and conversion

Native status interpretation

STATUS_DS_NO_NEST_GLOBALGROUP_IN_MIXEDDOMAIN is 0xC00002D5, an NTSTATUS error value. AllStat describes it as “In mixed domain no nesting of global group if group is security enabled.”