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• EndUserSharePoint.com: How can I view access rights?

  The question of the day comes from Nik: How can I get an overview of all members and their access rights on an existing site. I need to make an Excel sheet of this, but the default sharepoint pages are not really “friendly” and it will take... Posted Jun 11 2008, 06:05 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, moss, security, End User, General Observations, External Links, training, chris quick, Question of the Day, access rights

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Security certificates and blocked SharePoint content

  The question of the day comes from Shane: My company upgraded to IE 7 and I have a couple site with the OWA accessing inboxes, cal, etc. With IE 7, when I go to the site the web part with Outlook, access is blocked and the following error is shown: “To... Posted May 27 2008, 11:16 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, security, End User, Tips and Tricks, training, Question of the Day, security certificates

• System.Security.SecurityException Request for the permision of type..... errors

  I have been developing applications using the Revit API (based on the .Net framework) for my workplace. I have been storing these applications on a network drive and having each user simply run them from there. This allows easy updating and easy deployment... Posted May 19 2008, 10:27 PM by Rod Dot Net Filed under: .NET, security, Caspol

• IRM (Information Rights Management) in SharePoint

  This is just a very brief review from my reading of a MS white paper coming with the ECM starter kit. IRM allows you to have control over a document after it’s downloaded from SharePoint. This is how is works: You need to install/configure IRM at... Posted Apr 30 2008, 02:23 PM by All About Microsoft SharePoint Filed under: security

• Automatically login with domain account

  I believe the majority of the SharePoint sites are set up to use Windows Active Directory login. However if the site is set up using a domain name, IE will treat it as a “Internet” zone, and you will be prompted with login window. That’s... Posted Apr 29 2008, 06:11 PM by All About Microsoft SharePoint Filed under: security

• EndUserSharePoint.com: Permissions nightmare - 70 groups for 7 pages

  The question of the day comes from Linda: I’m having an ‘urban sprawl’ problem with my permission groups. As it stands now, I have 70 (yeah 70) groups in ADUC for 7 pages of Sharepoint content. Oy vey. My security guys have me using... Posted Mar 30 2008, 01:59 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: Sharepoint, security, End User, External Links, training, Permissions, Question of the Day, groups

• Cannot rename file if you don’t have delete permission

  In SharePoint, there are different “Permission Levels” you can define (Site Actions->Manage All Site Settings->Advanced Permissions->Settings->Permission Levels). One of the permission is delete. Recently I just found out that... Posted Dec 21 2007, 04:00 PM by All About Microsoft SharePoint Filed under: security

• Error event ID 6398 and 6482 - about security rights of OSearch service

  I have huge number of following erros in the event log “Application folder”: Event ID 6398 The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.IndexingScheduleJobDefinition (ID b94e8106-b5f9-4c2d-ad98-2871bcc4c669... Posted Dec 18 2007, 05:33 PM by All About Microsoft SharePoint Filed under: Search, security

• Target Audiences - doesn’t work with domain groups

  I have a webpart that I want to restrict the access (kind of) by specifying Target Audiences. I created a SharePoint security group (i.e. SP-Group1) which has domain users AND a domain group (say AD-group1) in it. The webpart works for those who were... Posted Dec 17 2007, 06:13 PM by All About Microsoft SharePoint Filed under: Webpart, security, Audiences

• Paul Gavin on Security Pitfalls

  Paul has created a very useful article on Security Pitfalls, including information on Security Fundamentals. Having crashed and burned on a couple of the pitfalls, I’d say this one is definitely worth a read and bookmark. Here’s a quote: “SharePoint... Posted Nov 27 2007, 08:27 AM by End User SharePoint Filed under: security, General Observations, External Links, Site Administration, paul gavin

• ForeFront Security Blog Launched, when?

  Okay maybe I haven’t had a chance to follow ForeFront Security blogosphere as much as SharePoint, but I just noticed that they now have their own blog. Check them out at ForeFront Team Blog. They have had their blog since early September 2007. If... Posted Oct 11 2007, 07:45 PM by Sharepoint BUZZ Filed under: community, security, Forefront

• SharePoint Links 09.27.07

  Some important SharePoint posts making the rounds in the last few days: Joel shares his thoughts on the 2 Stage Recycle Bin and recovery and some common misconceptions / mistakes Shane Young asks if Kerberos is case sensitive and the steps in setting... Posted Sep 27 2007, 08:04 AM by Sharepoint BUZZ Filed under: MVP, community, security

• Disabling Internet Explorers advanced security configuration

  I came across this problem today, in server 2003 I couldn't click 'OK' on my own sharepoint page, I figured this was because of the enhanced security. To remove it, go to control panel, add remove programs, change to windows components, and... Posted Aug 24 2007, 02:14 AM by Rod Dot Net Filed under: security, IE6, Configuration, Enhanced, Click OK, 2003, Windows

• Automatically setting custom permissions on new sites

  This is the third and final article in a series of three, where I demonstrate how how to perform custom processing in the site creation process. See 'Article series - custom permissions with a site definition' for the full run down on the article... Posted Aug 19 2007, 04:51 PM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: Sharepoint, site definitions, security

• Article series - custom permissions with a site definition

  This is an introductory article which gives the background to an interesting problem I've seen recently. Over the next 3 articles, I'll be looking at a solution to the problem and will discuss the following: Site definition basics - how to create... Posted Jul 31 2007, 02:54 AM by Chris O'Brien's blog Filed under: Sharepoint, site definitions, security