Sharepoint denies access if log in as normal user

Question

Hi,

Using Sharepoint 2010 beta2, Server Farm mode, Windows 2008 R2 + SQL Server 2008, Farm Admin using local account, all in a single VM.

SP was installed under the local Administrator, the Farm Admin is another local account which is member of local admin group. Config Wizard & SP Administration Central completed successfully. I then log out and re-login using a non-admin Windows account.

When I open the sharepoint site, Internet Explorer open an authentication screen, I re-input the credentials of the non-admin user. Then there is an "Access Denied" error. If I input the local Administrator credentials then everything works OK.

Question: how to allow a non-admin Window user to be able to use Sharepoint? (create blog entries, check in documents, etc. )

Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

Have you tried to go back in and look and see if they really are in the groups?  Are they really being added?

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Kris Wagner, MCITP, MCTS Twitter @sharepointkris Blog: http://sharepointkris.com

Answer 2

1. Log into a client machine with your administrator account
2. Open up the SharePoint site in a web browser
3. Click on site actions/site permissions in the upper left hand corner of the page
4. Add the user account to the appropriate group. For example, you can add them to <Your Site> Members

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Doug Hemminger http://www.sharepointdoug.com