Security is the protection of information and property from theft.
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Best authentication method for accessing sharepoint web from the Internet
We're planning a sharepoint intranet which will be acceded directly from our LAN, however it should be accesible from the Internet, too. What would be the best authentication method available for this ...
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List Security in Sharepoint
I need to set permissions for a list that looks like this:
I have two different teams, each with a team lead and 3 team members. The team members should not see each others data.
Team leaders have ...
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2answers
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Stop inheriting permissions programatically
I want to set read permissions to some sharepoint groups to a list.
For existing sites I did it manually, Stop Inherit permissions. Then on groups I chose the groups and edited their permissions, ...
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Why are user permissions set in AD not updated immediately to SharePoint?
I have a SharePoint 2010 Foundation installation on Windows 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 and using Claims and Windows authentication.
Subsites are visible only to members of a certain group. However, ...
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Unable to modify SPWebApplication properties from feature receiver - Access Denied
The scope of the feature is Web.
SPWeb site = (SPWeb)properties.Feature.Parent;
site.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
// Set the Web Application's default error page
SPSite siteCollection = new ...
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Limit users permission in their own my site
we want to limit users from changing the settings on a particular library in their my site. Am i right in thinking that to do so we will need to remove them from the site collection administrators ...
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1answer
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How to Set Forms Authentication Timeout?
I have a public facing SP2010 site that uses forms authentication (default ASP.NET membership provider).
I noticed that The user stays logged in even after hours of inactivity.
We need the user to be ...
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1answer
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Sign in as a different user access denied
Clicking the "sign in as a different user" link from the system menu in SP 2010 yields an access denied error.
URL is:
\_layouts\closeConnection.aspx?loginasanotheruser=true
any ideas?
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Accounts Needed for Installing SharePoint
I am installing SharePoint on my local machine. What accounts are needed to install SharePoint?
It seems ubiquitous that you need the following accounts.
SP_Admin (Account you install SP with)
...
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3answers
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Securing usernames and passwords for external SQL DB
We want to ensure that we are following best practice around connecting to a custom database.
I'm not a developer as such so thought I would ask SharePoint Overflow :-).
We have several SharePoint ...
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2answers
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Session time out for Windows Authentication
I have a requirement where we need to timeout the SharePoint sessions (security validation). Since I am using Windows Authentication I am not able to use session timeouts (as Windows authentication ...
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3answers
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How to Password Protect a SharePoint Object (Reassuring High Level Users That its secure)
Edit to clarify: The purpose of this isn't to replace SharePoint security or to add some extra super security or about trust in SharePoint, it is instead to consider something that is very much ...
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Running declarative workflows under system account
I have an InfoPath form that starts a workflow (on item created). The business requirement is that after submission form must be read-only (no changes to the initial request can be made). However ...
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Sharepoint 2010 Item level Permission to a Document Library is Our approach right?
We are planing to apply Item level Permission on document library and want share point experts advise...are we going right way or we will fall in performance issue or others..
What We Have :
1- We ...
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2answers
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PowerShell to Remove Site User Permission
I am looking for some help removing a User Permission from a site using PowerShell.
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2answers
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View PDFs in web browser
When I go to view a PDF on the web, say a 1040 form at the IRS, when I open it it opens in my browser. When I open a PDF file from my sharepoint 2010 instance, however, it prompts me to download the ...
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1answer
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InfoPath forms not working when ViewFormPagesLockDown enabled
We have an internet facing, SharePoint 2010, Publishing Site that is accessible to anonymous users. On this site, we have some InfoPath 2010 List forms, exposed using the InfoPath Form Web Part, that ...
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1answer
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SharePoint Permissions not working
I am using SharePoint 2010.
When I set permissions (I Only grand myself access) on a document library or folder or document EVERYONE can still see it and download the documents. Why is that? What is ...
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0answers
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Why does a workflow cancel with “access denied” for all but users with Full Control accesse?
I am working with an existing SharePoint deployment that has a convoluted security structure. After cleaning up permissions a bit, an approval workflow for absence requests is somehow not working for ...
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1answer
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“404 FILE NOT FOUND” on my username entries
In Sharepoint 2010 Central Administration --> Security --> Manage the farm admii
nistrator group (Central Administration : Site Settings : People and Groups - Farm Administrators), when I click on my ...
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3answers
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Force a Sharepoint Group's landing page
Lets say I have two groups, Group A and Group B.
By default my sites landing page is home .aspx (If I use http://sok1234:456/ It will take me to home.aspx ).
Now my requirement is when a user from B ...
