CAUSE
This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:
- You change the user account that is configured as the default content access account, or you reset the password of the user account that is configured as the default content access account.
- The user account that is configured as the default content access account is not a member of the Windows domain group that is specified as the SharePoint administrators group account.
In SharePoint Portal Server 2003, if you update the default content access account, the account that is configured as the SharePoint administrators group account on the Set SharePoint Administration Group page of Windows SharePoint Services Central Administration is changed. The default content access account is changed to use the user account that is configured as the default content access account on the Configure Server Farm Account Settings page of SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration. For example, if you specified a Windows domain group as the SharePoint administrators group account, the SharePoint administrators group account is changed to the user account that is specified as the default content access account.
When the user account that is configured as the default content access account is not a member of the Windows domain group that was previously specified as the SharePoint administrator group account, users may be able to view information in search results for content that they do not have permissions to view.
RESOLUTION
This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest SharePoint Portal Server 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.
Service pack information
This problem is corrected in Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 1.
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
889380 How to obtain the latest service pack for SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next SharePoint Portal Server 2003 service pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
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04-Feb-2004 10:59 11.0.5716.2 4,602,616 Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.dll
Note This hotfix requires SharePoint Portal Server 2003. You may have to restart your computer after you apply this update.