When a site is created within SharePoint (and permissions are not inherited from the parent), a default Owners, Members and Visitors group is created. The default Owners group is assigned "Full Control". I want this to default to a custom permission level that I have created called "Full Control - Limited". What changes do I need to make to ensure that all new Owner groups are automatically assigned this custom permission level and NOT "Full Control"? EDIT - I have a console application which sweeps through all of the sites and changes all "Full Control" to "Full Control - Limited" but I really don't want to set a Scheduled Task each night to fix the new groups.

Hi, While creating new sharepoint site are you using custom site definition? If Yes , then in SiteProvisioning.cs of your custom site definition , you can override OnActivated() method and write WSS code which sets Owners permisions as "Full Control - Limited". Regards, Manvir

Please be advised, custom site definitions are not supported by Microsoft.Chris Caravajal MCTS SharePoint Help

We are not using a custom site definition. Apologies for not mentioning this up-front. How can this best be achieved if a custom definition is not being used?