Permissions on Objects in the Domain Naming Context

 

Domain Container

dc=<domain>

Account A D I Right On Property/Applies To Comments

During DomainPrep phase

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Write Property

Property Set: Public Information

Maintains mail-enabled user attributes.

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Write Property

Property Set: Personal Information

Maintains mail-enabled user attributes.

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Write Property

On property:groupType

None

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Write Property

On property:displayName

None

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

Manage Replication Topology

Not applicable

Allows Recipient Update Service to track replication changes.

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

List Contents

Not applicable

Duplicates permissions granted to "Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access" group.

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

Read Permissions

Not applicable

None

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Read Permissions Read All Properties List Contents ACTRL_DS_LIST_OBJECT

Applies to object class:user

None

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Read Permissions Read All Properties List Contents ACTRL_DS_LIST_OBJECT

Applies to object class:group

None

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Modify Permissions

Applies to object class:group

Maintains ACLs for groups with hidden distribution list membership.

During DomainPrep phase (if running against Windows Server 2003 schema)

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Read Permissions Read All Properties List Contents ACTRL_DS_LIST_OBJECT

Applies to object class:InetOrgPerson

Same permissions required on InetOrgPersons as on Users.

Domain Proxy Container

cn=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,dc=<domain>

Account A D I Right On Property/Applies To Comments

During DomainPrep phase

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Full Control

Not applicable

Adds/deletes/modifies proxy objects.

Exchange Domain Servers

X

X

Full Control

Not applicable

Adds/deletes/modifies proxy objects.

Authenticated Users

X

X

Read Permissions

Not applicable

Allows access to public folder (PF) objects.

Authenticated Users

X

X

Read Property

garbageCollPeriod

Allows access to PF objects.

Authenticated Users

X

X

Read Property

adminDisplayName

Allows access to PF objects.

Authenticated Users

X

X

Read Property

modifyTimeStamp

Allows access to PF objects.

During DomainPrep (ACEs defined in schema defaultSecurityDescriptor)

Authenticated Users

X

Read Permissions Read All Properties List Contents ACTRL_DS_LIST_OBJECT

Not applicable

None

Set by the Recipient Update Service

All delegated org-level and admin-group level Full Admins

X

X

Full Control

Not applicable

None

All delegated org-level and admin-group level Admins

X

X

Read Permissions List Contents All Validated Writes Read All Properties Write All Properties Create All Child Objects Delete All Child Objects

Not applicable

None

All delegated org-level and admin-group level View-Only Admins

X

X

Read Permissions Read All Properties List Contents ACTRL_DS_LIST_OBJECT

Not applicable

None

AdminSDHolder Container

cn=AdminSDHolder,cn=System,dc=<domain>

Account A D I Right On Property/Applies To Comments

During DomainPrep phase

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Read Property Write Property

Property Set: Public Information

This ACL is applied to users with domain admin rights.

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Read Property Write Property

Property Set: Personal Information

None

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Read Property Write Property

On property:displayName

None

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

List Contents

Not applicable

None

Pre-Windows 2000 Server Compatible Access Group

cn=Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access,cn=Builtin,dc=<domain>

Account A D I Right On Property/Applies To Comments

During DomainPrep phase

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

X

Write Property

On property: member

The Recipient Update Service must add all EDS groups to every domains' pre-Windows 2000 Server group.

Exchange Enterprise Servers Group

cn=Exchange Enterprise Servers,cn=Users,dc=<domain>

Account A D I Right On Property/Applies To Comments

During DomainPrep phase

All existing org-level Full Admins

X

Full Control

Not applicable

Admins running setup must be able to add/remove machine accounts from group.

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

Full Control

Not applicable

None

Set by the Recipient Update Service

All delegated org-level Full Admins

X

X

Full Control

Not applicable

None

Exchange Domain Servers Group

cn=Exchange Domain Servers,cn=Users,dc=<domain>

Account A D I Right On Property/Applies To Comments

During DomainPrep phase

All existing org-level Full Admins

X

Full Control

Not applicable

Admins running setup must be able to add/remove machine accounts from group.

Exchange Enterprise Servers

X

Full Control

Not applicable

None

Set by the Recipient Update Service

All delegated org-level Full Admins

X

X

Full Control

Not applicable

None