Document Library Permission Problem

J

Joe

We are experiencing some permission issues with some of our end users and
access to our document libraries.

Project Server is set up for access using Windows login.

It is prompting them for Windows username and password when the click on the
'Document Library' link. And entering their Windows UID/PWD does not work. If
a different Windows UID/PWD is entered when prompted (e.g. a domain admin
login), then Project Server allows access to the document library and we can
view documents.

We tried making the users 'Administrators' and grant explicit global Admin
permissions via Project Admin tools, and they still could not gain access to
the document libraries.

These are regular domain users in standard Windows groups. As a test, we
added one or two users to the domain admin group, then they can get in w/o
problems (obviously we don't want to do that!) - but we were looking for the
source of the problem - is it AD or Project Server?

Let me know if more information or clarification is needed.

Thanks.
 
E

Earl Lewis

Joe,

Permissions for sharepoint sites is managed on a site-by-site basis. Meaning that just because a user has a login to the project server doesn't necessarily mean they can login to every sharepoint site created for every project.

For the problem site open up the project workspace and select the "site settings" and review the users and groups to see if the problem accounts are listed as users or not. If they aren't you found your problem. Most likely the individuals were either created as users after the site was created or got assignments to the project after the site was created.

If this is the case, simply open the PWA Admin tools and go to "Manage Windows Sharepoint Services". Select the option to "Manage Sharepoint sites". Scroll the list to find the problem project, highlight the row by clicking the row selector on the far left and click the Synchronize button. This will synchronize all the people that have assignments in the project with the list of users for the site.

Having said all that, you should make sure your project assignments are all up to date before you synchronize the site.

Earl
We are experiencing some permission issues with some of our end users and
access to our document libraries.

Project Server is set up for access using Windows login.

It is prompting them for Windows username and password when the click on the
'Document Library' link. And entering their Windows UID/PWD does not work. If
a different Windows UID/PWD is entered when prompted (e.g. a domain admin
login), then Project Server allows access to the document library and we can
view documents.

We tried making the users 'Administrators' and grant explicit global Admin
permissions via Project Admin tools, and they still could not gain access to
the document libraries.

These are regular domain users in standard Windows groups. As a test, we
added one or two users to the domain admin group, then they can get in w/o
problems (obviously we don't want to do that!) - but we were looking for the
source of the problem - is it AD or Project Server?

Let me know if more information or clarification is needed.

Thanks.
 
J

Joe

That was it! Thanks for your help!

Earl Lewis said:
Joe,

Permissions for sharepoint sites is managed on a site-by-site basis. Meaning that just because a user has a login to the project server doesn't necessarily mean they can login to every sharepoint site created for every project.

For the problem site open up the project workspace and select the "site settings" and review the users and groups to see if the problem accounts are listed as users or not. If they aren't you found your problem. Most likely the individuals were either created as users after the site was created or got assignments to the project after the site was created.

If this is the case, simply open the PWA Admin tools and go to "Manage Windows Sharepoint Services". Select the option to "Manage Sharepoint sites". Scroll the list to find the problem project, highlight the row by clicking the row selector on the far left and click the Synchronize button. This will synchronize all the people that have assignments in the project with the list of users for the site.

Having said all that, you should make sure your project assignments are all up to date before you synchronize the site.

Earl

We are experiencing some permission issues with some of our end users and
access to our document libraries.

Project Server is set up for access using Windows login.

It is prompting them for Windows username and password when the click on the
'Document Library' link. And entering their Windows UID/PWD does not work. If
a different Windows UID/PWD is entered when prompted (e.g. a domain admin
login), then Project Server allows access to the document library and we can
view documents.

We tried making the users 'Administrators' and grant explicit global Admin
permissions via Project Admin tools, and they still could not gain access to
the document libraries.

These are regular domain users in standard Windows groups. As a test, we
added one or two users to the domain admin group, then they can get in w/o
problems (obviously we don't want to do that!) - but we were looking for the
source of the problem - is it AD or Project Server?

Let me know if more information or clarification is needed.

Thanks.
 

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