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Q188671: XADM: How to Determine When Permissions Have Been Altered

Article: Q188671
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 02-MAY-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SUMMARY
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This article explains how an Exchange administrator can determine when
permissions have been modified on the Organization, Site, or Configuration
objects in the Exchange Administrator program.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following event appears in the application log of the event viewer after an
administrator has modified the permissions on one of these objects:

  Event ID 1175
  Source  MSExchangeDS
  Type  Information
  Category  Security

With the following descriptions:

- If the change is made at the Organizational level: Description: The Security
  attributes of object /o=<Organization Name> were modified.

- If the change is made at the Site level: Description: The Security attributes
  of object /o=<Organization Name>/ou=<Site Name> were modified.

- If the change is made at the Configuration level: Description: The Security
  attributes of object /o=<Organization Name>/ou=<Site
  Name>/cn=Configuration were modified.

With diagnostic logging set to Maximum on "Security" in the properties of
Directory Service/Diagnostic Logging, the following event is logged:

  Event ID 1053
  Source MSExchangeDS
  Type Information
  Category Security

With the following descriptions:

- If the change is made at the Organizational level: Description: The security
  descriptor granted 0x80 access on object /o=<Organization Name> for
  this user.

- If the change is made at the Site level: Description: The security descriptor
  granted 0x80 access on object /o=<Organization Name>/ou=<Site
  Name> for this user.

- If the change is made at the Configuration level: Description: The security
  descriptor granted 0x80 access on object /o=<Organization
  Name>/ou=<Site Name>/cn=Configuration for this user.

In the previous Events, "admin" permissions were granted to a user; this equals
"0x80" in the description. This number varies depending on which permissions
were modified.

The description does not state which user made the modification to the objects;
however, in the application log under the USER column, it states which user
caused the event to be generated.

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:5.5
Issue type        : kbhowto

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