Group Permissions to a Public Folder

[anonim1]

I am having a hard time assigning group permissions to a public folder. I use ESM to pull up the Properties of a public folder. I then click the Permissions tab and then Client permissions. After clicking Add on the next box, I am presented with a view of users in the Global Address List.

Even if I change the view to All Groups or any of the other options, I don't see the group that I am looking for.

About the group.. I've created a domain global security group using AD Users and Computers, and I've added 9 users to the group. I've also tried converting this group to a universal security group as well as a distribution group, but it never shows up anywhere in the GAL.

I understand that the group must be mail-enabled to be visible in the GAL, but I don't see an option to do this, so I assume security groups are mail-enabled by default? I've tried entering an address in the e-mail address field of the group, but this didn't make any difference.

I am running a single machine server with Windows 2003 SP1 serving as domain controller, global catalog, and Exchange 2003 SP1 (only used by 9 users), so there shouldn't be any "waiting time" for replication.

Any ideas on how I can get the group to appear in the GAL so that I can assign permissions to public folders by group rather than by individual users?

 

[nickpark]

AD Users & Computers, find the group, right-click select exchange-tasks and mail-enable it. ("Add Email address" or something.)

On the Exchange Advanced tab therein, there is also a checkbox for "Hide user from address lists"

 

[anonim1]

Thank you, I was able to create a mailbox for the group under Exchange Tasks. I didn't notice this option for some reason.

 

[xmsre]

To show up in the GAL it needs to be mail enabled. This doesn't "create a mailbox" for the group, it simply adds the exchange attributes to the oject in AD. Mail sent to the group would go to each of the members' mailboxes.

It needs to be a security group, you can't permission object with a distribution group.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;274046