No, it will not. Regards,
Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://theessentialexchange.com/ ________________________________________ From: johonn2 _ [joho...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2003 - ADSI Edit Permissions to CN=Microsoft Exchange... Just another question. Will running forestprep and domainprep effect currently running exchange servers that are processing email? MS says no and from what i can find online says no but i thought i would check with you also. Thanks, Bob On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: > Generally the way to fix this is to re-run forestprep and then rerun > domainprep in each domain. > > -----Original Message----- > From: johonn2 _ [mailto:joho...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:23 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Exchange 2003 - ADSI Edit Permissions to CN=Microsoft Exchange... > > I am looking for help on an issue we had yesterday that got Microsoft > involved. I am looking for some more help from third party's for a > resolution. I am having a hard time getting this through to Microsoft > Support and while i wait to work my way up the ladder i thought i would ask > here. MS seems to just care that the Services for exchange are working and > not the possible cascading affect that are left over. > > > Infrastructure: > > Domains: XXX.ads, A.XXX.edu, B.XXX.edu. XXX.ads is a empty domain and the > two child have no parent. > > Exchange: > > 2 Exchange 2003 SP2 exchange server running server 2003 SP2 > 1 in A.XXX.edu > 1 in B.XXX.edu > > Problem: > > Yesterday evening we seemed to have lost all permissions to CN=Microsoft > Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=XXX,DC=ads in the scheme (ADSI). > The problem started out as ActiveSync not working then cascaded to webmail > not working then the information stores stopping on A.XXX.edu. Exchange > System Manager also failed to open on both exchange servers > > MS through some troubleshooting found that the permissions to CN=Microsoft > Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=XXX,DC=ads were removed. MS added > Authenticated Users to that top level and multiple sub levels. After that we > were able to get Exchange functional again. > > > Now i am left wondering if permissions are still messed up. Correctly There > are only 5 users/groups in the security list for that container. > I recently started to refresh our test lab with production data so i can see > permission from about 2 weeks ago. There are about 20 groups/users in the > security list They include the exchange service accounts, exchange servers > groups, and individual exchange admins among others > > > Can anyone give any insight on what the permissions should be set as. > I currently seem to have a problem delegating control to other users through > the system manager which tells me permissions are not what they should be. > The other option is to let me know how i can get to a higher level of support > from Microsoft that may understand the issue. > > Thanks, > > Bob > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
