Gain access to Operations and Application Management in SharePoint in SBS2008
Some time ago I migrated a client’s Small Business Server 2003 to a Small Business Server 2008. When migrating their WSS 2.0 SharePoint from the old server to the new one I ran into some problems. I just could not get access to the Operations or Application management in SharePoint Central Administration, with the below event logged.
Log Name: Application Source: ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0 Date: 2009-02-26 13:23:42 Event ID: 1314 Task Category: Web Event Level: Information Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: CONTOSOSRV02.Contoso.local Description: Event code: 4007 Event message: URL authorization failed for the request. Event time: 2009-02-26 16:21:50 Event time (UTC): 2009-02-26 15:21:50 Event ID: 0087e3fc2a3440178e6a801602c514f7 Event sequence: 113 Event occurrence: 6 Event detail code: 0 Application information: Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/1899589246/ROOT-1-128801351457937683 Trust level: WSS_Minimal Application Virtual Path: / Application Path: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\4721\ Machine name: CONTOSOSRV02 Process information: Process ID: 7888 Process name: w3wp.exe Account name: CONTOSO\Administrator Request information: Request URL: http://contososrv02:4721/_admin/operations.aspx Request path: /_admin/operations.aspx User host address: ::1 User: CONTOSO\tempadmin Is authenticated: True Authentication Type: Negotiate Thread account name: CONTOSO\tempadmin
After doing som troubleshooting I got everything working by editing the web.config file of the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE\ADMIN directory. I simply added the line below to the file, saved it and then I could access the Operations and Application Management of SharePoint Central Administration.
<allow roles="CONTOSO\WSS_ADMIN_WPG" />
Case closed!
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Andreas Stenhall
I'm Andreas Stenhall and my work passion is the Windows client in combination with Microsoft 365 security and management services. I do consulting, I produce and teach my own courses, I lecture and I present and my formal work title is prinicipal workplace advisor and architect at Coligo in Stockholm, Sweden. I'm also proud to be an Microsoft MVP since 2009. I have presented at BUILD, TechEd in the US and Europe and regional TechDays. Follow me on twitter @AndreasStenhall.