In SharePoint 2013 onPrem, default Permissions

Question

I'm doing a little project for a my company that has recently installed SharePoint 2013.

The problem I'm having is that all domain users can Read the sites I built even though they have not been entered as Members in any SharePoint site Permission group. When I Check Permissions for such a user, it shows: Permission levels given to John Doe -- None. It then goes on with: The following factors also affect the level of access for John Doe And lists Allow for a dozen items.

I see in the Central Admin's Policy for Web Application there is a User Policy for Everyone with Full Read, but if I set this to No Access, no one (not even I) can access the sites at all.

How do I configure SharePoint so the default for users not specifically entered in a Permission group is No Access?

Answer 1

Just remove the User Policy for "Everyone". If there is one, it supersedes what you do on the site.

Answer 2

You can find the WebApplication setting called "User Policy" in SharePoint Central-Administration -> Application Management -> Manage Web Applications -> Select your WebApplication -> User Policy.