Richard Grakowsky
11-05-2002, 04:13 PM
Hello All,
Warning: Long prologue...
Not too long ago, our "main" E2k server BSOD'd which, among other things, caused our Public Folder tree permissions to become corrupted to the point that we could not add/change permissions to any folder. I worked with MS to export, then re-import the folders (almost 800 of them) and intially things seemed fine in that I could add/chnage permissions again.
Of course, not all folders or permissions came in and I've been spending days trying to mop up the problems, but have come across one that I cant figure out.
Lets say that FolderA has all of the data I need but, for one reason or another, I need to create a new folder to house the data. So I create a new folder (FolderB) and copy the data from FolderA into it. At that point, I as SU can see all of the items, but when I add users to have access to FolderB (client access), they can see some items, but not all...but they can all see the SAME items. Everyone can see new items posted to the folder.
In another case, I created FolderB, set the permissions, then copied the data into the folder and everyone could see everything. But when I added more people to the access list (client access), they can only see some of the items. Again, everyone can see new items posted to the list.
This is happening on both calendar and mail/post folders. All permission scenerios have been run by using either Outlook or the Exchange System Manager, or a combination of both...but never touching the M-Drive. As an added bonus, after doing second case (above), if I remove a user then re-add them, they can still see everything. I have tried every level of client permissions, including Owner, and it has no effect on the situation.
Microsoft has been unable to provide me with any way to see or set item-level permissions for the contents of a folder and I cannot find any information indicating anything other than "items in a folder/colendar have the same access level as the folder/calendar itself".
If anyone can give me some insight on this...drinks will be on me!
Thanks in advance,
Rick
Warning: Long prologue...
Not too long ago, our "main" E2k server BSOD'd which, among other things, caused our Public Folder tree permissions to become corrupted to the point that we could not add/change permissions to any folder. I worked with MS to export, then re-import the folders (almost 800 of them) and intially things seemed fine in that I could add/chnage permissions again.
Of course, not all folders or permissions came in and I've been spending days trying to mop up the problems, but have come across one that I cant figure out.
Lets say that FolderA has all of the data I need but, for one reason or another, I need to create a new folder to house the data. So I create a new folder (FolderB) and copy the data from FolderA into it. At that point, I as SU can see all of the items, but when I add users to have access to FolderB (client access), they can see some items, but not all...but they can all see the SAME items. Everyone can see new items posted to the folder.
In another case, I created FolderB, set the permissions, then copied the data into the folder and everyone could see everything. But when I added more people to the access list (client access), they can only see some of the items. Again, everyone can see new items posted to the list.
This is happening on both calendar and mail/post folders. All permission scenerios have been run by using either Outlook or the Exchange System Manager, or a combination of both...but never touching the M-Drive. As an added bonus, after doing second case (above), if I remove a user then re-add them, they can still see everything. I have tried every level of client permissions, including Owner, and it has no effect on the situation.
Microsoft has been unable to provide me with any way to see or set item-level permissions for the contents of a folder and I cannot find any information indicating anything other than "items in a folder/colendar have the same access level as the folder/calendar itself".
If anyone can give me some insight on this...drinks will be on me!
Thanks in advance,
Rick