Microsoft KB Archive/273410

= XADM: Public Folder Ownership Is Lost After User Object Is Recreated =

Article ID: 273410

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q273410





SYMPTOMS
If you are an administrator and you delete a Microsoft Windows 2000 user object, and then re-create it using the same object information and alias, if the user created and owned public folders before the user object was deleted, the user no longer owns their public folders.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because the object is deleted, but the Exchange 2000 mailbox is not deleted. When you re-create the object, it is reconnected to the same mailbox. When you delete the user object, the Security Identifier (SID) and all the associated Access Control Lists (ACLs) for the object are also deleted. When you re-create the user object, a new SID and ACL are created, but these items cannot be connected to existing public folders. When you reconnect the new user object to an existing mailbox, the previously used mailbox is granted all rights.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, grant that user account permissions to the public folders again.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: PF

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB273410

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