Create MB with CDOEXM w/o Domain Admin rights?

Create MB with CDOEXM w/o Domain Admin rights?

Hi,

We are attempting to script the creation of users and their mailboxes with 
CDOEXM.  When we do it with domain admin rights, it creates both perfectly.  
But when we do it with lesser rights (including with Exchange Admin rights), 
it creates the user, but when it tries to create the mailbox, we get a bad 
username or password error.

We can't give the coders domain admin rights in our environment, are there 
rights we can delegate to their ID so they can create mailboxes without 
domain admin rights?  We're using a Windows 2000 domain with Exchange 2000 
(SP2).

Thanks!

date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 12:48:34 -0800 author: nowandever29

Re: Create MB with CDOEXM w/o Domain Admin rights?

See

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316792

Also note that CDOEXM will require that the users have Exchange view access.


nowandever29 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are attempting to script the creation of users and their mailboxes with 
> CDOEXM.  When we do it with domain admin rights, it creates both perfectly.  
> But when we do it with lesser rights (including with Exchange Admin rights), 
> it creates the user, but when it tries to create the mailbox, we get a bad 
> username or password error.
> 
> We can't give the coders domain admin rights in our environment, are there 
> rights we can delegate to their ID so they can create mailboxes without 
> domain admin rights?  We're using a Windows 2000 domain with Exchange 2000 
> (SP2).
> 
> Thanks!

date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:44:39 -0500 author: Joe Richards [MVP]

Re: Create MB with CDOEXM w/o Domain Admin rights?

Thanks, but we found the problem.  It was a programmer who was so embarrased 
that he had mishandled an API call, causing the problem below, so we spent 26 
man hours today trying to identify the problem, because he wouldn't come 
clean until we found the issue and forced him to.

Now, he looks like an idiot and liar, instead of someone that just made a 
simple mistake.

Thanks for your help!!!

"Joe Richards [MVP]" wrote:

> See
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316792
> 
> Also note that CDOEXM will require that the users have Exchange view access.
> 
> 
> nowandever29 wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > We are attempting to script the creation of users and their mailboxes with 
> > CDOEXM.  When we do it with domain admin rights, it creates both perfectly.  
> > But when we do it with lesser rights (including with Exchange Admin rights), 
> > it creates the user, but when it tries to create the mailbox, we get a bad 
> > username or password error.
> > 
> > We can't give the coders domain admin rights in our environment, are there 
> > rights we can delegate to their ID so they can create mailboxes without 
> > domain admin rights?  We're using a Windows 2000 domain with Exchange 2000 
> > (SP2).
> > 
> > Thanks!
>

date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:09:01 -0800 author: nowandever29