xGroupResource: Creates error on forcing members for builtin Administrators group

[tmeckel]

Details of the scenario you tried and the problem that is occurring

For details refer to the same issue at PSDscResources PowerShell/PSDscResources#87.

as seen here https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/blob/9fd047b90f3d74c4a83e0ae0011da1af5b916bbd/DSCResources/MSFT_xGroupResource/MSFT_xGroupResource.psm1#L2439 the code for xGroupResource suffers from the same problem as the GroupResource in PSDscResources.

Verbose logs showing the problem

ref to PowerShell/PSDscResources#87.

Suggested solution to the issue

porting the fix from PR PowerShell/PSDscResources#118 in PSDscResources

The DSC configuration that is used to reproduce the issue (as detailed as possible)

Group GroupExample
{
    Ensure = "Present"
    GroupName = "Administrators"
    Members = @( ".\Administrator", "<Domain>\<SamAccountName>")
}

or

Group GroupExample
{
    Ensure = "Present"
    GroupName = "Administrators"
    Members = @( "<Domain>\<SamAccountName>")
}

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[PlagueHO]

Thanks @tmeckel - we will want to back port that fix into here as you say. Once I've started getting the other backport PR's through then I'll get onto this (unless someone else gets there first).