Re: Restored Server but SharePoint refusing admin access

I think your assumption is correct. Please open server management, and change user permission. then use appropriate user template to rebuild user permissions. this can restore default sharepoint permissions for every user.

Sincerely,
Bill

"Quilnux" <Quilnux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5EF53C5C-68CB-48BE-915F-D30E8E9A7812@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello, (We are using SharePoint Services 3.0)

We recently had to reinstall our server. We also had to manually re-enter
all user accounts including administrator accounts. We have everything
working now except SharePoint. We are able to run a successful restore (we
used the stsadm.exe command-line). We can tell it is correctly restored by
the database file sizes however it will not let anyone in. We get an "Access
Denied" error. We can access the Central Administration Site without any
problems. Its only the SharePoint site. I've done restores before but never
seen a site not let an admin in after one. Also, I tried accessing the
database server using SQL Server Management Studio but it won't let us in
that either. I would assume the issue has something to do with the SID's
being different for the new admin accounts. Is there anyway to get into the
site or a way that we can add one of the new admin accounts to the site to
let us in?
Thank you for your help.

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