XADM: NT Account for a Distribution List Owner Is Not Added to Permissions

• Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

SYMPTOMS

If you set the Owner mailbox when you create a Distribution List (DL), the primary Windows NT account of the Owner mailbox is placed in the "Windows NT accounts with permissions" list for the DL with the role of "User."

If the Owner mailbox is assigned at a later date, or changed to another mailbox with a different primary Windows NT account, the "Windows NT accounts with permissions" list may not be updated to reflect the new primary Windows NT account.

CAUSE

The administrator modifying the DL does not have the Modify Permissions right for the site level naming context. The Modify Permissions right is granted only to administrators who have the Permissions Admin. role (that is, an administrator who has the Admin. role does not have the "right" to modify permissions).

An administrator who does not have the right to modify permissions may only set permissions at object creation. All subsequent modifications to the object that require alterations to the "Windows NT accounts with permissions" list must be done by an administrator who has the right to modify permissions.

WORKAROUND

Give administrators who need the ability to modify the permissions of DLs or any other object in the site naming context the role of Permissions Admin. for the site naming context.

Additional query words:

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