I came very close to doing just that, but: The Jane E. Smith userid is jsmith. Jane Smith's (disabled) userid is jsmith1. If I rename the two accounts, the private mailbox is still assigned to the jsmith userid, ie the userid she's been using forever and ever. If she wants to continue logging in as jsmith, she's still going to be using the "wrong" userid to access her primary mailbox. That's not tragic--it's just another record in the event log every time she launches Outlook. But now her private mailbox is Jane Smith and her public one is Jane E. Smith, so all the users who know about the two mailboxes have to be educated on which mailbox is which. Since Jane E. Smith is not currently visible in the GAL, it won't be a huge problem for the rest of the users.
If I swap the two userids instead, then logging in as jsmith will now take her to the correct mailbox, but I'll have to redo all her share permissions, ntfs permissions and group memberships because jsmith will have a different SID than the old jsmith did. Plus her local profile on her NT4 PC will change from jsmith to jsmith.000, so I'll be called down to explain why all the files (she wasn't supposed to store) on her Desktop are missing. If I can figure out a way to do it, I'll swap the two mailboxes and then rename the two AD userids. All that will change is the SID behind Jane E. Smith's mailbox and the SID behind Jane Smith's mailbox will be different. In 5.5, I'd just click on the Primary Windows NT Account button and be done with it. If I do that now (after all the two mailboxes are still homed on a 5.5 server) will the change replicate to AD? Right now--even after ADC replication--5.5 shows both mailboxes' primary NT account is jsmith. -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:06 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: ADC issue Might it not be easier to rename the two accounts? Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I Tech Consultant hp Services Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
