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Asked By: Wayne Fox Date: Jan 10, 2010 Category: Sharepoint Views: 172

however - we have heard that security in sharepoint isnt that good,
that once you have access to a portal site you have access to all
content & subsites etc etc

For example, if we set up a corporate intranet using sharepoint,
then created a subsite for Execs to share financial reporting
information, this would be fully open to anyone with access to the
intranet..

I cant beleive that this is true, but can anyone give me a steer in
the right direction

Tagged:security in sharepoint

4 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Sue Alford Answered On: Jan 10, 2010

That is indeed incorrect. Security can be set at the portal Area, WSS site and
subsite, and WSS list or library level.

Answer #2 Answered By: Devon Welch Answered On: Jan 10, 2010

But I guess the real question is can you secure it so that access to
subsites is exclusive, not inclusive??

Answer #3 Answered By: Sridhar Tantry Answered On: Jan 10, 2010

Yes, with the exception of administrators. They will always have access to any
subsites of those they have admin rights to.

Answer #4 Answered By: Jonathan Justice Answered On: Jan 10, 2010

Depends on whether you check the "inherit" permissions or "Unique"
permissions radio button. With unique permissions you add the users

If you don't have permissions for a subsite, you don't even see it

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