RE: SBS2k3 keeps asking users for password in sharepoint.

Hey Steve,

Everyone can initially access the companyweb with out any problems. I
verified that all users have contributor access rights. The problem happens
when a user tries to open a document. They get the windows username and
password box for every document that they open. All computers are part of the
same domain so this does not make any sense.

Dan

"Steve Laws" wrote:

> Sounds like a different issue.
>
> Just out of curiosity, logged in as the administrator can you access
> sharepoint/companyweb? If so it is definitely going to be a permissions issue.
>
> To check permissions go to "Companyweb" >Site Settings>Manage Users and
> ensure that the applicable users are listed. If not, add them in and get the
> user to try logging on to Companyweb again.
>
> Steve
>
> "Dan" wrote:
>
> > The users have not changed their password on this new server yet. I actually
> > have it set to not allow them to change their paswords and for them to not
> > expire per the customer. ps. I relise this is not best practice but still
> > trying to work out other kinks on the network.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > "Steve Laws" wrote:
> >
> > > Dan,
> > >
> > > I had a similar problem. What happens is that the users password gets out of
> > > synch. In our case we were also being asked for the password when the user
> > > logged into Outlook.
> > >
> > > The fix for us was quite simple.
> > >
> > > 1. Have the user log off
> > > 2. Reset the Users password at the SBS Console.
> > > 3. Have the user log back on
> > >
> > > This also fixed our issue with Outlook.
> > > The password synch issue tends to occur when a user changes their password
> > > according to the Password GPO ie. When they get the message to change their
> > > password or it will expire in 14 days".
> > > I am not sure why this happens, may someone else would care to comment?
> > >
> > > Hope this is your fix.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > "Dan" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a client with sbs2k3 who is using sharepoint exclusively as their
> > > > company document sharing solution. One of the big problems that annoys the
> > > > users is they get username and password prompts all the time when accessing
> > > > sharepoint. Either via my network places via the IE interface. This is the
> > > > second installation I have seen this happening with SBS2k3. Navigate to a
> > > > document and try to open the document and they get a password prompt. It
> > > > seems to happen sporadically. All workstations are XP sp2 with latest windows
> > > > updates. The server is SBS2k3 with all the latest service packs including
> > > > sharepoint sp1. Has anyone heard of this problem before and know how to
> > > > correct it?
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