STS: You Cannot View a Page to Which You Should Have Access (317389)

SYMPTOMS

When you browse a SharePoint team Web site, you cannot view pages to which you should have access. The Enter Network Password dialog box may appear repeatedly, or you may receive the following error message:

You are not authorized to view this page.

CAUSE

This issue may occur if a hexadecimal number has been manually assigned to the GlobalRightsMask string value in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\All Ports\

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, reset the list of rights that are available to users who browse the Web site. To do so, follow these steps:

Log on to the SharePoint server computer by using an account with administrative rights.
Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Microsoft SharePoint Administrator.

If you use a Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional-based computer, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Administrator.
Click Set list of available rights.
Click to select the check boxes for the rights that you want to make available, and then click Submit at the bottom of the page.

MORE INFORMATION

The GlobalRightsMask value specifies which rights are available to the users of the SharePoint Web. Any right that is removed from GlobalRightsMask is not available to any user of the Web, including the Web administrators. You can modify this value by means of the Microsoft SharePoint Administrator, as described in the "Resolution" section of this article, or with the Owsadm.exe command-line utility.

For additional information about the Owsadm.exe utility, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

272945 STS: Using SharePoint Team Services Command-Line Utility (Owsadm.exe)

For more detailed information about how to use the Owsadm.exe utility to manage roles and users, visit the following Microsoft TechNet Web page:

http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/prodtechnol/sharepnt/proddocs/admindoc/owsg01.asp