XADM: Extracting Public Folder Permissions Using PFADMIN

• Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

SUMMARY

This article explains how to extract the client permissions associated with Exchange Server public folders, into a file which can then be used to automatically import these permissions.

This procedure may be useful in cases where the client permissions are lost because the public folders are accidentally re-homed and you must extract the public folder permissions from a backup. This procedure can also be run on a regular basis to back up the public folder client permissions.

MORE INFORMATION

Pfadmin.exe is a program that is available in the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit (BORK), Second Edition. This program allows an you to export and import public folder permissions.

To extract the public folders client permissions, follow the steps below:

1. On the Exchange Server computer or another server or workstation, install the Pfadmin.exe program from the BORK CD, by copying the Pfadmin.exe and Aclcls.dll files to the local hard drive.



2. Install the Exchange client or Outlook on the computer used in step 1.



3. Create a MAPI profile called "PFProfile". Add the Exchange Server service to the profile. Enter the server name and a mailbox (for example, TestMailbox) that exists on the server specified.



4. Make sure that the primary Windows NT account associated with mailbox, TestMailbox, has Service Account Administrator privileges on the Exchange Server Organization, Site, and Configuration containers.



5. Run the following command from a Windows NT command prompt

   PFADMIN PFProfile LISTACL ALL O=FILE.CSV

   where PFProfile is the profile that was created in step 3. File.csv is the name of a file that will contain the commands to restore the public folder permissions.
   
   If the profile name contains spaces, enclose it in double quotes.
   
   The preceding command extracts the permissions for all public folders whose replicas are available on any server in the site or in sites that are configured to have public folder affinity.
   
   NOTE: Make sure that you are using version 1.3.0 of Pfadmin.exe.



6. To import the public folder permissions, using the file extracted, run the following command:




PFADMIN PFProfile < FILE.CSV

Additional query words:

Keywords : exc4 exc5 exc55
Version : winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto