Sharepoint Access Checker Web Part

New Post: Permissions

Kenth — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:13:58 GMT

Hi Tom,

Version 1.2.0 with the "EnumeratePermissions" did the trick for us. My Site Administrators can access this feature now without having to have full control.

Thank You,
Kent

New Post: Amazing Tool-Doesnt work for Sharepoint groups?!?!

ChrisSam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:51:54 GMT

I think this was one of the best tools I've used so far! Permissions and Access rights can be rather complicated depending on how deep the levels of your site are.

Something like this gives us peace of mind that certain users definitely do not have access to certain parts of the site.

It would be nice if it worked for all users though;) Such as Sharepoint groups and other external users...Maybe later on???

Thanks alot

Keep up the good work

Chris

New Post: Unable to find Check User Access & View Permission Inheritance

TomShirley — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:46:49 GMT

Hi Jennyfer,
Can you just confirm that you activated the Web App Feature for the correct Web Application on the 'Manage Web Application Features' page in Central Admin.
Also, are you using an account that has Full Control to access the Site Settings links?

Tom.

New Post: Permissions

TomShirley — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:44:06 GMT

Hi Mart,
Please see v1.2.0 which has this change.

Thanks for the feedback.

New Post: Perfect tool!!

TomShirley — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:31:34 GMT

Hi,
The image files that are used for the red and green in the color bar are located in the following directory within your 12 hive: 12\TEMPLATE\IMAGES\AccessChecker. You can replace red.png and green.png for better accessibility. Additionally i have just released v1.2.0 of the ACWP which allows users to download an xml report of permissions of a user for offline viewing. You could manipulate this data to produce any desired look via XSLT.

Tom.

UPDATED RELEASE: Access Checker Web Part v1.2.0 (Jun 30, 2008)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:12:30 GMT

Quickly check what objects within a Sharepoint site hierarchy a user has access to.

What's New:

- Access Report can now be downloaded as an XML file for archival and reporting purposes. You can transform the raw data into whatever format you like via XSLT. I will release a sample XSLT file soon for those who want it.

What's Changed:

- Access Checker is no longer restricted to site admins only. Users with EnumeratePermissions mask have authority to use this tool.
- Lists are displayed before subsites in the tree, for easier identification.
- Error message area is now at the top of the page and the font is colored red.

What's Fixed:

- CreateSSCSite permission is ignored by default when comparing permissions in User mode. This setting can be configured in the Tool Pane.

RELEASED: Access Checker Web Part v1.2.0 (Jun 30, 2008)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:12:30 GMT

New Post: Perfect tool!!

Dwilliams — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:49:37 GMT

This is a great tool, can you tell me where it is pulling the colors for the results from I am color blind and the shades of red and green are too difficult to distinguish.
Thanks again for the great tool.

New Post: Permissions

Mart10 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:07:02 GMT

Hi Tom,

What you mentioned should work, I have set up a group with the "EnumeratePermissions" selected just for the auditor.

I take it the current download does not have this functionality?

Mart

New Post: Permissions

Kenth — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:59:24 GMT

This is a great tool but I have a situation similar to Mart10 where we control what the Site Adminstrators can do.

These Site Administrators don't have Full Control but have all site permissions that Full Control has except "Create Subsites" and are unable to get results.    If I check the box for "Create Subsites" in their permission level then it does work for them but I don't want them to be able to create subsites.

Their Permission Level does include "Enumerate Permissions" so would the modification you suggested of checking for the EnumeratePermissions role work?   It would be great if it would.   If not is there another way to work around this issue?

Thanks,
Kent

New Post: Unable to find Check User Access & View Permission Inheritance

jennyfer — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:15:33 GMT

I have installed AccessChecker, acitvated it under Central Admin and under SiteCollection Features (Site Settings), but still I can't find Check User Access and View Permission Inheritance under Site Settings. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
Jennyfer

NEW POST: OnPreRender: An entry with the same key already exists.

cookiekhanh — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:30:37 GMT

I got this error when I tried to use some functions of the access checker.

I thought maybe it was b/c i had it activated on 2 separate site collections, so I deactivated it on on site collection.

Now I get this error when i search for a user's permissions or when i view permission inheritance.

any ideas why this is happening?

UPDATED RELEASE: Access Checker Web Part v1.2.0

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:53:10 GMT

CREATED RELEASE: ACWP v1.2.0

Thu, 22 May 2008 10:33:58 GMT

NEW POST: Thanks!!!

jennyfer — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:41:58 GMT

This was really a brilliant product, which will save a lot of time and grey hairs. Thanks!

Jennyfer

NEW POST: Don`t find after successfull Installation

wuwu — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:09:32 GMT

Hello,

Sorry, i have found the feature, where it doesn't was activate-> under central administration -> manage applications -> manage webapplication features, in this entry, it doesn't was activate.

Thanks, great tool!

Mfg Horst

NEW POST: Don`t find after successfull Installation

wuwu — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:43:06 GMT

Hello Tom, Christian,
i have also installed your Tool. After i have installed them i cant see that under Operations -> Solutions -> The tool is installed under the different sites.

After that i go in the central administration to Websitesettings -> Web Application level feature and activate the Access Checker Web Part there.
Then i go to my Portal Site -> Websitesettings -> Web Application level feature and activate the Access Checker Web Part.
After that, i have done this, i cant see no entries under the WebSitesettings where i can search for the access!

thanks for your help,
Horst

CREATED ISSUE: Only Works With AD Auth

jrussellct — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:36:04 GMT

Does not work with forms authentication or other methods of authentication. Username must be entered as domain\username.

NEW POST: VERY GOOD congratulations !

TomShirley — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:08:00 GMT

This functionality would also be useful for auditing permissions on sites.

I've been thinking about how i would implement this idea. A Datasheet view wouldn't work well because of the hierarchical structure of the data. I suppose you could nest sub sites in folders, but that doesn't export to excel nicely at all.

Speaking of Excel, i'm having reservations in limiting the report to be viewable in Excel only. Not to mention there are a couple of methods to generate an Excel file depending on what version i code against. Does anyone have any ideas on a preferable approach?
Should i just export the data as xml and provide a simple xslt file to transform it to html/text/csv ?

Tom.

NEW POST: VERY GOOD congratulations !

pagowa — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:55:44 GMT

Hi Tom,

The reason for this export in excel or view in datasheet::

it gives the administrator the possibility to create a report and send it to the management for review e.g. when some people move dept etc..

Thanks
Patrick