Anonymous Access
Hi all, I am having an issue with permissions on one of my sites. in a doc library, I have 3 people with access to it, but when I log in as a test user with no access I can still see the library. I removed the user from all access to the main site as well. I went into central Admin and checked to see if Anonymous Access was enabled and it was not. I then enabled it to see if the site had it leftover from something and it did. I remove the Anonymous access of the site, went back to CA and disabled it again, but my test user still can access the lists. Can anyone tell me what I missed here? TIA, Joe
April 30th, 2010 6:23pm

Also make sure that user isn't a member of a group that has access to those things. (Yes, I know - but just in case - members of the Admin group for instance have access to everything and that could look like they have anon access.) FAQ sites: (SP 2010) http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com; (v3) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com and (WSS 2.0) http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com Complete Book Lists (incl. foreign language) on each site.
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April 30th, 2010 6:58pm

There are only 3 users in the list and my test user is not one of them. He may be in a group that has rights to another part of the site, that shouldn't give him access to this list though. if it does Microsoft droped the ball on security, unless of course he is part of an Admin group which he is not :)
April 30th, 2010 7:27pm

Hi Joe, By default, permissions on lists, libraries, folders, items, and documents are inherited from the parent site. However, you can break this inheritance for any securable object at a lower level in the hierarchy by editing the permissions on that securable object (that is, creating a unique permission assignment) . For example, you can edit the permissions for a document library, which breaks the permissions inheritance from the site. When you enable anonymous access to a Web site, you allow anonymous users (and authenticated users who have not been granted access to the site) to browse the entire Web site, including any list, library, folder within a list or library, list item, or document that inherits its permissions from the Web site. Check whether you enable anonymous access to a Web site, if so, disable it. Did the document library inherit permission from the site? If so, try to break the inheritance for the document library, then check the effect. For more information about how to enable anonymous access in SharePoint, please refer to the following article: Enable anonymous access http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101130181033.aspx For more information about permission level, please refer to the following article: Manage permission levels http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA101001431033.aspx?pid=CH100649861033 For more information about control access to sites, please look into the following article: About controlling access to sites and site content http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA101001441033.aspx Hope this helps. Rock WangRock Wang MSFT
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May 3rd, 2010 9:55am

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