What does NTSTATUS 0xC00002D7 (STATUS_DS_GLOBAL_CANT_HAVE_LOCAL_MEMBER) mean?

STATUS_DS_GLOBAL_CANT_HAVE_LOCAL_MEMBER

Meaning and context of STATUS_DS_GLOBAL_CANT_HAVE_LOCAL_MEMBER

A Global group is an account-oriented scope: its members must come from its own domain, and nested group members must also be Global groups from that domain. A Domain Local group represents resources in a particular domain, so putting it inside a Global group would reverse the intended scope direction.

Check the parent group’s scope and the candidate member’s scope before changing permissions. The useful distinction is between membership design and resource assignment: a Domain Local group can consume Global or Universal groups, but a Global group cannot consume a Domain Local group.

Correct the nesting direction or redesign the access model around the resource domain. Changing the parent to Domain Local or Universal is a separate architectural decision; it must be evaluated against the group’s current members, memberships, ACL use, and conversion restrictions.

Native-mode nesting rules | Active Directory security groups | Group scope conversion rules

Native status interpretation

STATUS_DS_GLOBAL_CANT_HAVE_LOCAL_MEMBER is 0xC00002D7, an NTSTATUS error value. AllStat describes it as “A global group cannot have a local group as a member.”