Users who are members of the local Administrators group have access to all the content in your Windows SharePoint Services Web sites (892295)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, you may experience the following problem.

A user who has not been permitted access to the content in your Windows SharePoint Services Web sites has full access to this content. The user can visit any Web page in all your Windows SharePoint Services Web sites. Because of the security requirements in your organization, you may not want all the members of the local Administrators group to have this access.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the user is a member of the local Administrators group on the computer that is running Windows SharePoint Services. Users who are members of the local Administrators group have full access to all the content in your Windows SharePoint Services Web sites.

RESOLUTION

This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest Windows SharePoint Services service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information

This problem is corrected in Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows SharePoint Services. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

906795 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows SharePoint Services

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 Windows SharePoint Services 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.

Prerequisites

Because of file dependencies, you must be running Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1 (SP1) to install this hotfix. For more information about how to obtain Windows SharePoint Services SP1, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

Registry information

You do not have to create or modify a registry key to use this hotfix.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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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01-Oct-2004  01:01  11.0.6407.0        84,728  Mdspxmlu.dll  
06-Jan-2005  20:40  11.0.6417.0     1,410,248  Onetutil.dll     
06-Jan-2005  20:41  11.0.6417.0     2,222,784  Owssvr.dll
11-Dec-2004  01:36  11.0.6415.0     2,263,752  Sqmsto.dll       
11-Dec-2004  01:36  11.0.6415.0     2,198,216  Sqmstoup.dll     
08-Dec-2004  10:51                  1,145,932  Store.sql
08-Dec-2004  10:51                  1,112,100  Storeup.sql
16-Oct-2004  16:39  11.0.6409.0       137,920  Stsadm.exe       
02-Dec-2004  21:34  11.0.6414.0       248,576  Stsap.dll        
26-Aug-2004  23:03  11.0.6402.0        92,912  Stslib.dll
06-Jan-2005  20:41  11.0.6417.0     1,501,920  Stsom.dll        
02-Dec-2004  21:34  11.0.6414.0       203,464  Stssoap.dll      
06-Jan-2005  20:41  11.0.6417.0     1,055,424  Stswel.dll

Service pack installation information

To resolve this issue, install Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2. Then, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
  2. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

    stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname denymachineadminaccess -propertyvalue 1

  3. Type iisreset, and then press ENTER.
To restore Windows SharePoint Services to its original behavior, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
  2. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

    stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname denymachineadminaccess -propertyvalue 0

  3. Type iisreset, and then press ENTER.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

After you install and enable this hotfix, you must explicitly permit access to the members of the local Administrators group for the content in your Windows SharePoint Services Web sites.

Important You should not consider this hotfix to be a comprehensive security solution. After you install this hotfix, local computer administrators still have access to the SharePoint Central Administration Web pages. Therefore, users could modify sections of a Windows SharePoint Services Web site that the users do not have explicit access to. For example, users who are members of the local Administrators group could assign themselves to the SharePoint Admins group by using the Set SharePoint administration group link link. These users would then have rights to visit all the Windows SharePoint Services Web sites.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/5/2006
Keywords:kbWSSSP2fix kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbfix kbBug kbWSSpreSP2fix KB892295 kbAudITPRO