Members of a local administrators group can access all portals and pages of a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 site, even if they do not have permissions for the portal areas (906171)

RESOLUTION

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 hotfix packages 919175 and 898547. For more information about the English version of this hotfix package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information about the German and the Spanish versions of this hotfix package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

To enable the hotfix, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, 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. At the command prompt, type iisreset, and then press ENTER.
4. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER.

To disable the hotfix and return to the original behavior, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, 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. At the command prompt, type iisreset, and then press ENTER.
4. At the command prompt, type exit and then press ENTER.