XADM: Pfadmin.exe 1.2.1 Uses Commas As The Delimiter

• Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

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.

Additional query words: BORK

Keywords : XADM
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug