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Add a user or group to an area

From an area page, members of the Content Manager site group for the area add a user or group and assign specific rights for the area. An area page is any area of the portal site other than the home page.

Important  Adding users or groups to a specific area will break the inheritance of security settings. Area permissions are inherited from the parent area. If you add users or groups, this area will no longer inherit permissions from the parent area.

1. In the Actions list, click Manage Security.
2. On the Manage Security Settings for Area "Name" page, click New User.
3. Type the name of the user or group you want to add.

   or

   Click Select users and groups to choose one or more users or groups from a list.

   How?

   1. In the Find by box, select the method to search for the user. You can search by name or alias for a user or group.
   2. In the Starts with box, enter the first few letters of the name or e-mail alias.
   3. From the list of results, click a user or group, and then click Add.

      Note  You can select more than one user or group on this page.

   4. Click OK.
4. In the Rights section, select the set of rights you want to assign to the users and groups you specified.

   Note  To see the full list of rights, click Advanced rights and select the individual rights you want.

5. Click OK.

Note  Site groups are a convenient way to assign a list of rights to a group of portal site users. If you do not need to specify a unique set of rights, you may want to consider adding a user or group to a site group that has similar rights for this area.

Related Topics

Manage security settings for an area

Edit site group permissions

Create a site group

About site group security in SharePoint Portal Server

Manage users and cross-site groups