Index: auth/auth_util.c
===================================================================
--- auth/auth_util.c	(revision 16696)
+++ auth/auth_util.c	(working copy)
@@ -876,9 +876,10 @@
 		}
 		else {
 			status = add_builtin_administrators( tmp_ctx, result );	
-			if ( !NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status) ) {			
-				result = NULL;
-				goto done;
+			if ( !NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status) ) {
+				/* just log a complaint but do not fail */
+				DEBUG(3,("create_local_nt_token: failed to check for local Administrators"
+					" membership (%s)\n", nt_errstr(status)));
 			}			
 		}		
 	}