FP2000: Web Permissions Must Be Unique to Be Modified

ID: Q205254

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SUMMARY

To modify permissions for a Web, the "Use unique permissions for this Web" option must be selected on the Settings tab of the Web Permissions dialog box (on the Tools menu, click Permissions).

When "Use same permissions as root Web" is not selected, Add and Remove are unavailable (dimmed) on all tabs.


MORE INFORMATION

When you create new Webs with FrontPage, their permissions are the same as the root Web by default. This means that all users that have rights to the root Web have the same rights on the newly created Web. Therefore, Add and Remove are unavailable, because the root permissions cannot be changed within a new Web.

Unique permissions can be set such that a new Web will not inherit its permissions settings from the root Web. This allows a Web to be set with unique Administrators, Authors, and End Users, even if you later make changes to the permissions of the root Web.

To assign a Web unique permissions, follow these steps:

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Security, and click Permissions.


  2. Click the Settings tab, and select the "Use unique permissions for this web" option.


  3. Click Apply for the changes to take effect.


Once this is done, Add and Remove will be available and specific Web settings can be set.

For more information about authorizing Web authors, click Microsoft FrontPage Help on the Help menu, type "To authorize a web author" in the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: 2000RTMPublic 


Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: July 1, 1999