Re: Issue with Sharepoint Reader permissions

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Kavitha,

That is normal behavior within a WSS site. WSS sites, as opposed to Portal
areas, do not hide commands based on a user's permissions so users will
typically have access to commands that they cannot actually complete.

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Milan Gross
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<kavitha.chayanam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1137450708.560169.228340@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,
>
> We have a Microsoft Sharepoint Portal server 2003.
>
> Everything was working fine until few days back when an issue started.
>
> When users with Reader permission logon to the sharepoint site, they
> can see links for "add an announcement". They can even click on the
> link and type in the details. But, they click on Save they are shown a
> message that they do not have permission to create an announcement. I
> looked at a couple of settings but couldn't find the fix.
>
> Can some one please give suggestions on this issue?
>
> Thanks... Kavitha.
>


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