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Set Permissions on multiple Pub Folders?

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by esrfalco

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Using: OL98 C/W on Exchange 5.5 on NT4

Question: How to change the permissions on multiple Public Folders?

Discussion: There MUST be a way to change permissions on multiple Public Folders at the same time. Do I tell users that they must manually change permissions on each of their many folders each time a team member changes?

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by dmiles

On Tools menu,click Options,click preferences
then click email options,click advanced preferences.You should be able to set permissions

by melodyj

You could try creating a group instead of having each name entered separately. The user could then update members of the group once rather than updating each folder. I don't know of any other way to get around this...

Regards,
Melody

by esrfalco

This still leaves me with the same problem: I have a bunch of folders that all need to have permissions modified, except now they all need to have a DL added rather than an individual name. Any ideas for making that change to many folders without setting Permissions on each folder?

by tony hogan

You can resolve this by creating Distribution Lists [groups]. The folders can be setup with access based on the Distribution List & then the owner of the DL can add/change/delete people as necessary.

-tony

by esrfalco

This still leaves me with the same problem: I have a bunch of folders that all need to have permissions modified, except now they all need to have a DL added rather than an individual name. Any ideas for making that change to many folders without setting Permissions on each folder?

by tony hogan

Addendum:
In regards to the Distribution List approach, once this is setup the first time, the permissions at the folder level remain unchanged. All changes are done to the distribution list.

To modify permissions, you can use the PFADMIN.EXE tool from the Exchange Resource Kit.
Here's a link to MS Article detailing how to export permissions, modify and then reapply permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q199/3/19.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0

You can also remove permissions using PFADMIN.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/6/29.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0

Hope this helps.

-tony

by esrfalco

This is what I needed. Thanks! Another Exchange Admin said there was no way to do what you have described. She's obviously not as smart as you.

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