Creating mailboxes

[JangoP]

Hey guys, not sure if im in the right place so pleas redirect me if not...

I have created several securuty groups in AD. When i log on to the exchange server to give those groups mailboxes half of them worked. the other half threw this error at me when i tried to create a mailbox.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="unicode" ?>

- <taskWizardRun taskName="Establish E-mail Address on Groups" dcName="MAIL0302" buildNumber="7638" runningAs="jblow@whateverdomain.local">

<timespan startTime="2006-05-04 18:10:52.150" milliseconds="16" />

<taskSummary errorCount="1" completedCount="0" warningCount="0" errorCode="0x00000000" />

- <items>

- <item adsPath="Group_Billing" class="group">

<progress code="60" milliseconds="16">Updating attributes</progress>

<summary isWarning="false" errorCode="0x80004005">The operation failed.</summary>

</item>

</items>

</taskWizardRun>

Let me know if i need to supply more info. Thanks

Edited May 4, 2006 by JangoP

[cluberti]

The error code 0x80004005 means access denied, so it obviously failed due to security permissions on those users account objects in AD. Were you using a domain admin account, and did you do a full forest and domain prep (domainprep for each domain tree in the forest too) when you first installed Exchange?

[bijicool]

Forestprep and domainprep are mandatory, Exchange setup just doesn't start if it does not detect them.

I guess this is a AD security issue

[JangoP]

Thanks guys. Just knowing what that error code ment helps alot.

[cluberti]

True, but if the accounts are in a child domain, and domainprep wasn't run on that child domain, you will get similar errors.