That's because the SID is stored in binary, and when you try to print it, it tries to convert that binary value into a series of characters, one of which is the beep sound (I know it doesn't make any sense, but it's true).
> Subject: Win32::NetAdmin::LocalGroupGetMembers > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:40:05 -0400 > From: "perl.org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I need to get the members of a local group on a Windows 2000 server. I was > reading the docs for Win32::NetAdmin > (http://perlhelp.web.cern.ch/PerlHelp/site/lib/Win32/NetAdmin.html) which > looks like the place to start, but it is giving me weird results (including > beeps). Any suggestions? SIDs I could understand, but a repeated binary > value is a little weird. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>