Martin Reid
mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk
Wed Jun 22 12:45:00 CDT 2005
SPS provides the ability to search and index many WSS sites. It sites on top of WSS and allows you to pull them all together. Its a real cool tool for example full file store search, personal sites, auidences etc etc I have sent you a presentation on the very topic I am giving on Friday LOL Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:40 PM Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Sharepoint Security (SOLVED) > Hi All: > > Given that this question will seem simple and slightly ignorant... what is > a > SharePoint Portal used for and what does it improve or replace. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim DeMarco > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:33 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Sharepoint Security (SOLVED) > > The culprit seemed to be that the user(s) in question were members of a > Desktop Administrators group that was set up for us. Removing that group > from the Sharepoint server machine seems to have corrected the issue > (further testing pending). > > Thanks to all, > > Jim DeMarco > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Jim DeMarco > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 10:30 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Sharepoint Security > > > Well I just set up a non-IT staff member with Read access and that's all > he > could do (read). When I removed him from the site he could not access it > any longer. So it looks like it may be using Windows Security to > authenticate users. Unfortunately I need to limit even our IT staff in > various sections of the site so I've got to get a work around together. > > I'll keep you posted. > > Thanks, > > Jim DeMarco > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Jim Hewson > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 10:08 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Sharepoint Security > > > Jim, > I'm a novice, but will become the SharePoint "Expert" when I change > jobs, in my company, next month. I'm interested in the outcome of your > question. > A couple of random thoughts... > There are two levels of security for SharePoint. They are Central > Administration and Site Administration rights. Central take precedence > over site rights. If a person is a member of the Central Administration > group which manages the settings for the Web Server and virtual servers, > they effectively have Administrative rights to the entire portal. > In Site Administration, IIRC, there is a toggle somewhere to designate a > person to have the same rights as the parent area or site. > Let me know if you have found the solution. > Regards, > Jim H. > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim DeMarco > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 8:04 AM > To: AccessD (E-mail) > Subject: [AccessD] OT: Sharepoint Security > > List, > > I've done some Googling but I can't seem to find the answer to this odd > problem. I set up a Sharepoint site as a test bed (Sharepoint Services > not Server) and gave a few users access. No matter what rights I give > the users they have full admin rights to the sight. I set up custom > security groups and the site is completely ignoring them. To further > add to the mystery I removed on user (she is not a member of any > security group therefore should not have access to the site) and she can > still get in with full admin rights. Is it possible that Sharepoint is > deferring to Windows rights? These are all IT staff here and have more > liberal rights to our network than the average user. > > Does anyone have a clue? A push in the right direction would be > appreciated. > > TIA > > Jim DeMarco > Director of Application Development > Hudson Health Plan > > > > ************************************************************************ > *********** > "This electronic message is intended to be for the use only of the named > recipient, and may contain information from Hudson Health Plan (HHP) > that is confidential or privileged. 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