Article ID: 184759
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q184759
SYMPTOMS
If you use the Pfadmin.exe program version 1.2.1 to import public folder
permissions, and one or more mailbox display names or public folder names
have commas in them, the permissions may not be imported properly.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because Pfadmin.exe version 1.2.1 uses commas as the
delimiter. Therefore, when mailbox display names or public folder names
contain commas, Pfadmin.exe may be unable to distinguish the mailbox
display name from the public folder name.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Pfadmin.exe program,
versions 1.2.1 and earlier. This problem was resolved in Pfadmin.exe
version 1.3.0, which is included in the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit,
Second Edition. This later version uses tabs as the default delimiter.
MORE INFORMATION
In cases where public folder permissions have been lost due to re-homing or
other causes, Pfadmin.exe can be used to easily import public folder
permissions from the command line or from an input file. This is done by
using the SETACL command. By default, the program uses commas as delimiters
to the SETACL command.
However, in many Exchange Server organizations, the mailbox names and/or
public folder names have commas in them, which causes parsing errors in
Pfadmin.exe. Pfadmin.exe can no longer distinguish correctly the mailbox
names and public folder names.
Pfadmin.exe version 1.2.1 is a program that ships in the Microsoft
BackOffice Resource Kit II.
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