Category Errors

Errors

Oct 29 2010

Access Denied When Editing SP Designer Workflow even Fullcontrol

http://www.lifeonplanetgroove.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/04/access-denied-when-editing-sharepoint-designer-workflow-task/

Recently I saw an access denied error when a user tried to edit a SharePoint Designer workflow task. The error did not occur if the user was a site collection administrator, but did occur even if they had full control to the site, list, and task list.

Running through the Request Access pages, it appeared that SharePoint did not think the user had rights to the task list, even though they did after thoroughly checking permissions.

I figured that it was having trouble with permissions to the ASPX pages from the Designer-generated tasks forms, so I solved it by doing the following, by admin account:
– Open the site in SharePoint designer
– Locate the “Workflows” node in the tree view.
– Right-click “Workflows” and select Properties.
– Click the Security tab.
– Choose the option to manage permissions from the browser.

It turns out that this “Workflows” node is actually a SharePoint folder object, and it turned out that this folder did not inherit permissions from the parent. The web page for managing permissions that came up showed me this, and enabled me to reinherit permissions and fix the problem.

Aug 19 2010

Login Failed For User ‘NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM’. [CLIENT: ]

http://www.sharepointassist.com/2009/04/19/login-failed-for-user-nt-authoritysystem-client/

Problem

You receive hundreds if not thousands of NT Authority\SYSTEM “Login failed for user ‘NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM’. [CLIENT: <local machine>]” error messages

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Errors often occur every minute

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Explanation

You’ve probably deleted your Shared Service Provider or created a new one. Unfortunately, some scheduled jobs will remain on your SQL server that reference the now defunct database.

Solution

  • Launch SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the server that houses your Shared Service Provider
  • Within SSMS expand the SQL Server Agent and select jobs.
  • Locate the jobs that have names that end in “_DeleteExpiredSessions”

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  • You in the “Steps” tab double click on the first step and check to see if there’s a database, if there’s no database selected you’ve probably deleted said database so you can safely disable the job.

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  • If you don’t understand these instructions or are confused then STOP! Disabling SQL jobs is dangerous business and can cause undesired outcomes.
    • Jul 3 2009

    “Cannot connect to the configuration database” error message

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823287

    “Cannot connect to the configuration database” error message

    This behavior occurs if one of the following conditions is true:

    • The SQL database is not running.
    • Internet Information Services (IIS) is configured to run in IIS 5.0 isolation mode.
    • The account that is used by application pool does not have the required permissions to the SQL Server database.
    • Network connectivity has been lost between the Windows SharePoint Services server and the Microsoft SQL Server server.

    Method 1: Verify that the SQL database is running

    1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
    2. In the list of services, locate the MSSQLSERVER service. This service may also be listed as MSSQL$SHAREPOINT.
    3. Note the value of the Status column. If the Status column lists Started, the database server is running. If the Status column is empty, the database server is not running.

      To start the database server, right-click the MSSQLSERVER service, and then click Start.

    Method 2: Verify that IIS is not running in IIS 5.0 isolation mode

    1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
    2. In the left pane, right-click your server name, and then expand the local computer.
    3. Right click Web Sites, and then click Properties.
    4. Click the Service tab.
    5. Click to clear the Run WWW service in IIS 5.0 isolation mode check box.
    6. Click OK
    7. To start the WWW service, click Yes.

    Method 3: Make sure that the account that is used by the application pool is the account that has the required permissions to the SQL Server database

    First, you must first determine the application pool identity. To do this, follow these steps:

    1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
    2. Double-click the Web Sites folder.
    3. Right-click the virtual server that is running Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, and then click Properties.
    4. Click Home Directory.
    5. Note the information that is in the Application name box (this is the application pool name), and then click Cancel.
    6. In the left pane, right-click Application Pools, and then click Properties.
    7. Click the Identity tab.
    8. Note the information that is in the Application pool identitypane, and then click Cancel.

    Next, you must verify that this account has the required permission the SQL Server database. To do this, follow these steps:

    1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft SQL Server, and then click Enterprise Manager.
    2. In the left pane, double-click Microsoft SQL Servers, and then double-click your SQL server group.
    3. Double-click your server.
    4. Double-click Security.
    5. In the left pane, click Logins.
    6. In the right pane, double-click the user who you noted step 8 of the previous procedure.
    7. In the SQL Server Login Properties dialog box, click Server Roles.
    8. Click to select both the Security Administrators and the Database Creators check boxes, and then click Database Access.
    9. Under the Permit column, click to select the Windows SharePoint Services database.
    10. Click OK.

    Method 4: Make sure that you have network connectivity and correct name resolution between the servers

    To do this, follow these steps:

    1. Verify that the Windows SharePoint Services server is using the correct IP address for the SQL server. To do this, run the ping command on the Windows SharePoint Services server.
    2. Verify that the Windows SharePoint Services server is obtaining the correct IP address for the SQL server from DNS. To do this, run the nslookup command from the Windows SharePoint Services server.
    3. Make sure that there are no incorrect entries for the SQL server. To do this, examine the Hosts file on the Windows SharePoint Services server. This file is in the following location:
      %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts
    4. On the Windows SharePoint Services server, look for SQL client aliases. To do this, follow these steps:
      1. Click Start, click Run, and then type cliconfg in the Open box.
      2. Click the Alias tab.

      By default, there are no SQL client aliases. If you have any aliases for the SQL server, verify that they are correct, or remove them.

    Jun 22 2009

    FatalError: Could not find Feature S2SiteAdmin

    Problem:

    Progress: Initializing Import.
    FatalError: Could not find Feature S2SiteAdmin.

    Solution:
    You need to install “Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297)”
    Brief Description
    The Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297) includes the latest performance updates and fixes for the Microsoft Office Servers.